Amazing how much has been forgotten since this 1988 New Yorker cartoon…
“As long as rulers are above the law,
citizens have the same type of freedom
that slaves had on days
when their masters chose not to beat them.”
Amazing how much has been forgotten since this 1988 New Yorker cartoon…
Oh, they’ve learned the lesson. The problem is that they haven’t learned the RIGHT lesson.
The lesson they learned was, “We can do better than the Soviet, British, Russians, Mongols, Alexander the Great, etc. etc. etc., despite all historical evidence – both personal and general – to the contrary.”
There’s stupid. Then there’s “Army Stupid.” 😀
ironically, the military guy looks like David Petraeus.