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> While I haven't ventured through time, I have grown up in the lands of those of what the author calls the first system of war, but have been trained in and pa
by afthonos 6y ago
> While I haven't ventured through time, I have grown up in the lands of those of what the author calls the first system of war, but have been trained in and participated in modern war, I see the type of person as being very much similar from both my limited reading of history and first-hand accounts of both bravery and cowardice. A good article with a lackluster conclusion.
I think it's fair to ask: in what way are they similar? The author touches on several ways in which they are different: the kind of courage required, the kind of fear encountered, and the kind of actions that are taken.
Is it possible that what is similar isn't the experience, but rather the way people who haven't had the experience treat it? "Hero", after all, is a title conferred (or we would more often call our enemies heroes). So maybe what's constant is the fact that warriors are held in great respect (though, per the previous entry, not always soldiers), even if they are quite different.
- arminiusreturns 6y agoThe author talked about the similarity of them being in the hypervigilance, but the general tactics in modern wars so far have mostly been guerilla, which is very similar if not the same as what native americans engaged in. For example, raiding: we send a small squad out (warband), capture, kill, or destroy/confiscate property, and return before the enemy is aware of the location, or alternatively, setup ambush in expectation of the counter-attack. A common tactic we used to use in Iraq. The fear of being overrun, or crept up on in the night, which happened in Iraq but much more so in Afghanistan. Etc.