Pete Hegseth says America needs “maximum lethality” and “no mercy” in war.
A historian says that rhetoric echoes the same military thinking that helped Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and Imperial Japan lose World War II.
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The ‘warrior ethos’ promises victory — history says it leads to defeat
Loyalty outranks expertise, and reality bends to the leader’s word. From Nazi Germany to Imperial Japan, fascist war machines collapse on the same contradictions.The Conversation
Tim Zee
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •I'm so sick of humans repeating history. I worry about humanity (I know it's not everyone) being doomed to live certain self destructive scenarios over & over until we either drive ourselves to extinction or enough of us change so certain roads & troads don't keep being traveled & worn.
Collectively speaking (again to who it applies) we need to get it together, or we will die. Some assume we have infinite time & chances, but never seem to think they could be very wrong.