Wednesday, August 09, 2006

FLARF POEM COMPOSED ON A GOOGLE OF “FOG OF WAR”   The fog of war conceals much more than can be seen. In the fog of war, chips can fall in different ways. Why not have surrogates do the fighting and dying? The fog of war, of course, is thick. Clausewitz, and probably every military theorist since, has spoken of the fog of war— The difficultly of telling what’s happening when you’re in the field. The war happened, and then what happened happened, and the timing was just right… Tragic mistakes happen In the “fog of war.” Soldiers have since time immemorial died from friendly fire and other lethal errors. In war, stuff happens. It is devilishly difficult to follow the ricochets amid the incendiary fog of war. But I suppose we shall have to try not to see it as a failure, attribute the negative outcome to the fog of war. On the positive side… defined goals have melted into the fog of wars gone by. Other consequences of the invasion are still shrouded in the fog of peace.   DR. OMED'S DAILY KOS DIARY: The Fog of War and the Fuzz of God on Hard Facts Ave. Fri Aug 04, 2006 at 09:41:42 AM CST Human beings are not moved by facts. This is the closest thing to a true fact that you will ever encounter in your human existence. The facts, ma'am, just the facts are just too boring, too inconvenient, too depressing, too...factual--or as Mr. Colbert may already have said (Dr. Omed doesn't have cable)--too facty. We, as a people, as an allegedly sentient species, don't want too much factiness. We do not want to be told the facts; we want to be told a story, a story with a happy ending; or at least a story with a good moral. I don't blame us; the facts are hard. We want some factric softener added to the wash, so our thoughts about them will come out fuzzy and warm. "God" is our favorite brand of softener when it comes to the really hard facts. God comes in many brands, and each brand claims unique and exclusive features and offers periodic enhancements to keep the devotion of its customers, but mostly what we want is to make those cold, hard facts fuzzy and warm. CLICK HERE TO READ IT ALL. COME BACK AND TELL THE DOCTOR WHERE IT HURTS. 8:58:24 AM    comment []