Stop! The contractors are coming! In all honesty, this warning is around twenty years too late. Now, according to government reports there are more contractors in Iraq than U.S. soldiers. In lieu of these reports, anyone one ever thought of Bush as a Machiavellian should stop.
Let him, then, who wants to be unable to win make use of these arms, since they are much more dangerous than mercenary arms. For with these, ruin is accomplished; they are all united, all resolved to obey someone else. But mercenary arms, when they have won, need more time and greater opportunity to hurt you, since they are not one whole body and have been found and apid for by you. In them the third part whom you may put at their head cannot quickly seize so much authority as to offend you. In sum, in mercenary arms laziness is more dangerous; in auxiliary arms, virtue is.
If it is true that everyone in the White House was required to read The Prince , it doesn't seem like they read it very closely. What Machiavelli essentially says in the above passage is, if you use mercenary arms, don't expect to win. As for Hayden's argument that these guys were purely out of power and global domination, you have to me kidding me! These guys couldn't think their way out of a box, let a long master mind a victory in Iraq. Seriously, did you read the NPR stuff, they don't even know how many contractors work for them, or have any idea of the job their doing. The level of incompetence of our President is outrageous! I mean if you're going to be a dirty lying scoundrel at least read the whole book!
Therefore, he should never lift his thoughts from the exercise of war, and in peace he should exercise it more than in war.
Apparently, they did.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment