The Laws and the Enlightenment are dead. Accept it and move on, sincerely. To act otherwise is to join them in the grave.
Less philosophically IтАЩve got multiple combat deployments, I know what theyтАЩre doing and itтАЩs all familiar. We are ruled now by the Foreign Policy crowd and our future is UkraineтАЩs, SyriaтАЩs, IraqтАЩs, and so on. The difference being thereтАЩs no one to catch our fall but us. ThatтАЩs why their first reaction on Jan 6 was to summon any troops they could (which wonтАЩt work again) and put up a Green Zone around DC.
I am communicating to Karen Lynch that the America she knew is gone.
I'm a vet and if she is disquieted and now on her guard against this new world, my communications worked as intended.
She should be on her guard like any now in America.
[I am assuming she's American from writings and contributions to ACLU.]
Coherence without frame: There's no frame here unless you have seen war.
In this case the Iraq war that the American government is 're-enacting' here in America. They are, I've seen this movie more than once, admittedly as a bit player and ....I'm right. I also know it never makes sense until...it's among you.
Sorry.
If I have increased Karen Lynch's odds of weathering the storm my communications were successful.
If I come across as a crank or cranky middle aged vet....
hmm.
Even the young soldiers stare at you when you tell them the truth, and I have told them that once context is established, within a short time half of what seemed crazy will make sense. They go, they come back, 'I get it now TLW"
Later it all makes sense.
It's difficult to make sense with no frame and a completely alien context.
Do?
Accept the facts.
Then Do accordingly.
Is this your sincere recommendation?
Yes.
This part is ending.
Reality returns and to collect with interest.
The Laws and the Enlightenment are dead. Accept it and move on, sincerely. To act otherwise is to join them in the grave.
Less philosophically IтАЩve got multiple combat deployments, I know what theyтАЩre doing and itтАЩs all familiar. We are ruled now by the Foreign Policy crowd and our future is UkraineтАЩs, SyriaтАЩs, IraqтАЩs, and so on. The difference being thereтАЩs no one to catch our fall but us. ThatтАЩs why their first reaction on Jan 6 was to summon any troops they could (which wonтАЩt work again) and put up a Green Zone around DC.
This is what they do.
If you profit from Chaos itтАЩs great.
If you are in The Red Zone...
Your comment is undecipherable to me. At first it seemed disingenuous but I will grant that it is perhaps sincere.
ItтАЩs indecipherable because itтАЩs outside your frame.
YouтАЩre Frame is obsolete.
The correct frame is Iraq.
My Frame, although you could have a look at Ukraine too.
Below are references.
Watch the movie The Green Zone. Fictional summary of events that took months to unfold but do essentially summarize what happened.
Read тАЬ Life inside the Emerald City: Tales from the Green Zone.тАЭ
Read тАЬThe Red ZoneтАЭ with the understanding that the author and his translator were assassinated later.
Thank you for granting me possible sincerity. Ahem.
The DD214 certificate is also sincere.
Now sincerely adjusting the frame is a graded exercise.
Life or death.
YouтАЩre in the Red Zone.
Good luck.
TLW, you're coming across like a crank. Stop it. You're perfectly capable of writing coherent prose.
As it is your stack I will respect this..
However- in my defense-
I am communicating to Karen Lynch that the America she knew is gone.
I'm a vet and if she is disquieted and now on her guard against this new world, my communications worked as intended.
She should be on her guard like any now in America.
[I am assuming she's American from writings and contributions to ACLU.]
Coherence without frame: There's no frame here unless you have seen war.
In this case the Iraq war that the American government is 're-enacting' here in America. They are, I've seen this movie more than once, admittedly as a bit player and ....I'm right. I also know it never makes sense until...it's among you.
Sorry.
If I have increased Karen Lynch's odds of weathering the storm my communications were successful.
If I come across as a crank or cranky middle aged vet....
hmm.
Even the young soldiers stare at you when you tell them the truth, and I have told them that once context is established, within a short time half of what seemed crazy will make sense. They go, they come back, 'I get it now TLW"
Later it all makes sense.
It's difficult to make sense with no frame and a completely alien context.
Cheers !
You make perfect sense.
We are in Friend vs Enemy now.
So many still confuse IS and Ought
Heres a simpler version.
"What should we do when the shit hits the fan?"
Ahem.
It already has.
Adjust your frame accordingly.