Context in case some of you unwashed heathens don’t know your von Clausewitz by heart: the Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz famously said that “war is the continuation of politics/policy [Politik] by other means”
Context in case some of you unwashed heathens don’t know your von Clausewitz by heart: the Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz famously said that “war is the continuation of politics/policy [Politik] by other means”
Ok, I’ll bite. How bout them yankees?
we’re pretty good at the war thing, not so great at the politik thing
War is when you get an idea to invade a place, and then just do it. Politik is the next president’s problem.
They are so bad at politics that it impacts their war now.