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”
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.