Bruce Sterling Quotes on Military
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I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex.
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I've been in the Pentagon, and there's not unanimous sentiment in there. The Pentagon is not a monolithic entity, it's a bunch of different military services and established industrial interests quarreling over tactics and funding.
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If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next.
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If disasters get bad enough, they certainly become national-security threats and the National Guard is called in.
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If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military.
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If the National Guard never goes home because the weather never gets any better, that's a scenario we Viridians like to call 'Khaki Green.'
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It's by no means a pleasant prospect, but what else is there? I once saw the 82nd Airborne doing rescue and psychological operations in the wreckage of Hurricane Andrew. I respect their dedication, and the population was thrilled to see them.
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There are no fronts, the commanding headquarters of generals can be smashed instantly and are number-one targets, supply lines can be interdicted at will, trans-border invasions by organized national armies are heavily disapproved by large coalitions of nations.
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They're busily re-thinking a lot of their cherished doctrines. Nothing concentrates the military mind like getting shot at.