You are correct. Duly noted and updated.

Nailed it again, brother.

I think you have a typo in there though; the officers ABOVE LTC have lost the plot.

I'm told that Clausewitz's work is quite dense and difficult to read – which doesn't surprise me. It's 700 pages long, written in German by one of the foremost minds of the Prussian military during its reforms in the 19th Century,.

I will be quite honest and tell you that I haven't read it. I would recommend instead that you read Martin van Creveld's work. I cannot recommend The Transformation of War highly enough. That is a phenomenal book. I also recommend his A History of Strategy, which I haven't read yet – it's on my list. There is also William S. Lind's work, which is really excellent.

Now I’m going to have to buckle down and read Clausewitz.

Agreed. Given the God-Emperor's record thus far of delivering FAR more than what anyone expected of him on his long list of promises, I have great confidence in his leadership. He's taken some steps in the right direction, but until we see America remove itself entirely from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and other unwinnable quagmires, it's all just speculation.

Those are my words but the sentiment behind them was crafted by far greater minds. You'll basically recognise Carl von Clausewitz's famous dictum from Vom Kriege: "War is the continuation of politics by other means" (paraphrasing somewhat).

I agree. There are still a few hundred US troops in Syria, for instance – and they have absolutely no business being there.

I'm just saying that the God-Emperor is the first President in a very, very long time who walks the talk of drawing down America's overseas empire. Unlike his last three predecessors, he's actually done something about reducing American troop levels in unwinnable wars.

Following the assassination of Soleimani, a further 20,000 US troops have been sent to the Middle East to 'protect American interests', mostly to Saudi Arabia.

I'm hoping that you're right. Perhaps after the election, Trump will be immune from Deep State interference and will start properly winding down all these insane military deployments. On the other hand, we might end up very disappointed. Time will tell.