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  1. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  2. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  3. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  4. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  5. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  6. A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

    The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. Herndon

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/8182…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #America #checksandbalances #congress #Constitution #declarationofwar #founders #power #president #war #warpowers #warmaking #autocracy #king #monarch

  7. A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

    The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. Herndon

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/8182…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #America #checksandbalances #congress #Constitution #declarationofwar #founders #power #president #war #warpowers #warmaking #autocracy #king #monarch

  8. A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

    The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. Herndon

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/8182…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #America #checksandbalances #congress #Constitution #declarationofwar #founders #power #president #war #warpowers #warmaking #autocracy #king #monarch

  9. A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

    The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. Herndon

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/8182…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #America #checksandbalances #congress #Constitution #declarationofwar #founders #power #president #war #warpowers #warmaking #autocracy #king #monarch

  10. A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

    The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. Herndon

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/8182…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #America #checksandbalances #congress #Constitution #declarationofwar #founders #power #president #war #warpowers #warmaking #autocracy #king #monarch

  11. #sociology #sociologist #sociologist #history Is anyone in your field following: @iansociologo.bsky.social‬ I would like a screenshot of his #declaration-of-war on #AI in scientific studies I have been blocked after warning that the labelling "AI" can be used EXACTLY like the word "communist"

  12. #sociology #sociologist #sociologist #history Is anyone in your field following: @iansociologo.bsky.social‬ I would like a screenshot of his #declaration-of-war on #AI in scientific studies I have been blocked after warning that the labelling "AI" can be used EXACTLY like the word "communist"

  13. #sociology #sociologist #sociologist #history Is anyone in your field following: @iansociologo.bsky.social‬ I would like a screenshot of his #declaration-of-war on #AI in scientific studies I have been blocked after warning that the labelling "AI" can be used EXACTLY like the word "communist"

  14. #sociology #sociologist #sociologist #history Is anyone in your field following: @iansociologo.bsky.social‬ I would like a screenshot of his #declaration-of-war on #AI in scientific studies I have been blocked after warning that the labelling "AI" can be used EXACTLY like the word "communist"

  15. #sociology #sociologist #sociologist #history Is anyone in your field following: @iansociologo.bsky.social‬ I would like a screenshot of his #declaration-of-war on #AI in scientific studies I have been blocked after warning that the labelling "AI" can be used EXACTLY like the word "communist"

  16. #DeclarationOfWar against the free world

    theverge.com/news/656720/ed-ma

    Martin’s letter reflects a broader trend of the right targeting Wikipedia. Last year, #Musk told supporters to “stop donating to Wokepedia” before later calling the site “an extension of legacy media propaganda.” In January, a report from Forward.com found that The #HeritageFoundation [..] created a presentation with a series of slides geared toward “targeting” #Wikipedia editors

    #MinistryOfTruth #Monopolism #Dictatorship #Trump

  17. #DefendTheGuard legislation would prohibit a state’s #NationalGuard units from being deployed into active combat without a formal #DeclarationOfWar by Congress, as provided by the U.S. Constitution. #uspol
    pca.st/laejj10b

  18. The USS Gerald R. Ford & its ~5k #USN #sailors & deck of #warplanes will be accompanied by #cruisers & #destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional #weapons from reaching #Hamas & conducting #surveillance.

    The large deployment… underscores the concern that the #UnitedStates has in trying to deter the #conflict from growing. The Israeli govt formal #DeclarationOfWar …gave the green light for "significant military steps"….

  19. The USS Gerald R. Ford & its ~5k #USN #sailors & deck of #warplanes will be accompanied by #cruisers & #destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional #weapons from reaching #Hamas & conducting #surveillance.

    The large deployment… underscores the concern that the #UnitedStates has in trying to deter the #conflict from growing. The Israeli govt formal #DeclarationOfWar …gave the green light for "significant military steps"….

  20. The USS Gerald R. Ford & its ~5k #USN #sailors & deck of #warplanes will be accompanied by #cruisers & #destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional #weapons from reaching #Hamas & conducting #surveillance.

    The large deployment… underscores the concern that the #UnitedStates has in trying to deter the #conflict from growing. The Israeli govt formal #DeclarationOfWar …gave the green light for "significant military steps"….

  21. The USS Gerald R. Ford & its ~5k #USN #sailors & deck of #warplanes will be accompanied by #cruisers & #destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional #weapons from reaching #Hamas & conducting #surveillance.

    The large deployment… underscores the concern that the #UnitedStates has in trying to deter the #conflict from growing. The Israeli govt formal #DeclarationOfWar …gave the green light for "significant military steps"….

  22. The USS Gerald R. Ford & its ~5k #USN #sailors & deck of #warplanes will be accompanied by #cruisers & #destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional #weapons from reaching #Hamas & conducting #surveillance.

    The large deployment… underscores the concern that the #UnitedStates has in trying to deter the #conflict from growing. The Israeli govt formal #DeclarationOfWar …gave the green light for "significant military steps"….

  23. #Israel’s formal #DeclarationOfWar against #Hamas on Sunday, opens the way for major #escalation.

    The authorization of #war by the Israeli cabinet would allow the govt to carry out a wider #mobilization of #military reserves & use more military options. It also compels the govt to identify specific #WartimeObjectives, raising the specter of a #GroundInvasion of #Gaza.

    #Palestine #MiddleEast #geopolitics
    washingtonpost.com/world/2023/

  24. #Israel on Sunday issued a formal #DeclarationOfWar against #Hamas & pounded #Gaza w/ strikes, promising retaliation for an unprecedented attack by the #militant group that surprised Israeli #security forces. The #DeathToll has risen to 600 in Israel, & thousands have been injured…, while Palestinian authorities said ≥370 were killed & 2,200 injured in Gaza.

    #Palestine #MiddleEast #geopolitics #war
    washingtonpost.com/world/2023/