09-15-2016, 04:51 PM
(09-15-2016, 12:03 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(09-15-2016, 10:25 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Does Donald Trump know anything about national defense? Sure, Barack Obama went in as a complete neophyte but he was at least coachable. He wasn't going to do something dirty to the military or to the intelligence services. So he has a little project for the military and the intelligence services: capture or kill Osama bin Laden. Seal Team 6 may have gotten Barack Obama re-elected.
Remember, The Donald knows more about the middle east situation than the generals in charge. We know this because The Donald said so. Why do you think he needs coaching?
I am reminded of the wisdom of Socrates -- he knew the one thing that nobody else knew: that he didn't know everything. Wise people know about the limits of their own knowledge and even the limits of knowledge available to anyone. Fools pretend to know what they don't know and even what nobody can know. Fools taking on responsibilities that they cannot handle inevitably get horrible results.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.