Comments on: War Nerd Book Review: From Hyena’s Belly to Canadian Bitch

By: Esn

Esn — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:20:09 +0000

I have never read the book, but this was a wonderful review. Thanks for writing it.

By: JSJ

JSJ — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:45:41 +0000

Your comments suck, all of you. How dare you inflict your consciousness on other intelligent(?) beings!?

Except for Tim… you are a hero among commenters.

P.S.: this comment sucks too.

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:29:42 +0000

Howdy!

Speaking of Portuguese (i’m one), can you write something of our colonial war? It was the last Euro-vs-colony war, and i’d like your take on it

By: K Desouki

K Desouki — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:54:03 +0000

I read the novel 4 to 5 years ago, and liked it very much, that is why I feel qualified to say that your review sucks; actually the worst review on one of the best African novels.

By: Eren

Eren — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:51:37 +0000

Nice article Gary, its particularly relieving after you left us with no updates for so god-damn long.
Hey, why don’t you do an article on Ottoman warfare? As a Turk I’d really like that, cause you’ve only done one piece on turkish history and we’ve spent the last two millenia raiding and pillaging from Manchuria to Vienna – I mean come on, don’t you think we deserve more then one fucking article?
I’m guessing your fanbase is predominantly Western orientated, so yeah they wouldn’t give a shit about Turkish history, so maybe instead you could do an article about the Nagorno-Karabakh War of the early 90′s. You’ve never even mentioned it once, although you’ve gone in depth about more obscure wars.
Or maybe I should just be grateful for any update you give us. Just remember Gary, the rest of us office-job slobs are relying on your cold-blooded humour for our sanity – so please don’t keep us waiting.

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:01:22 +0000

It does seem like the Exiled is a bit tamer than the Exile…I feel like I have lost an old bitter angry sadistic friend

By: JFreshInEffect

JFreshInEffect — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:48:38 +0000

I will buy this book. Fascinating.

By: Jim Pivonka

Jim Pivonka — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:29:31 +0000

@ Raab & LG:

Nuclear primacy may be irrelevant in warfighting; it may be that it is not irrelevant, strategically. First, it may have misled US’rs into thinking that it solved a problem – any given problem. Probably not true. Probably led us into a very dead end in our foreign policy and overall strategic postioning over the last 8 years.

It may also have nearly eliminated the possibility of attack against the US by another organized state or group of states, and forced problems into new shapes. But it has not changed any of the conditions which lead to competition and hostility among states.

And it has probably not changed the “balance of power” among states. The CheneyBush wanted the US’r people to accept unilateral and preemptive war and use of nuclear weapons, which might have had an impact on strategic power balances. But they have not yet sold that agenda to the people, and we’ll probably not be using nuclear dominance to enforce access to Khazakh, Uzbeck, and Turkmen natural gass, etc., as Zbig. Brzezinsky had hoped.

By: ZJ

ZJ — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:18:03 +0000

Downsides of comments section: Evil eXile turns more into beigist blog.

Upsides of comments section: The eXile, and especially the war nerd, draws out psychotic comments like Tim’s.

Fair trade, so far.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:11:39 +0000

When I was six years old, my mom got mad because I didn’t clean up after my new puppy. So she made me shoot it and then she skinned it and I had to wear it for a day. My mom was strict because there are always consequences in life. I am not a violent person and have only killed in self defense.

By: Tam

Tam — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:12:34 +0000

yeah, uhg, I’m already nostalgic for the old ‘we don’t care about your worthless opinions’ Exile. Oh well, I hope it’s been motivated by bone idleness, (there haven’t been any letters here for ages) rather than because they actually care what anyone else thinks.

By: uhg

uhg — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:30:49 +0000

They’ve added a comments section. Jesus, no. (Yes I’m aware of the irony of appearing in the comments section to denounce it … to paraphrase an episode of the “sainted” Simpsons.)

By: Raad

Raad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:13:54 +0000

Well that didn’t occur to me. Good to know ’cause it seemed like spoiling the fun if you could haul that status around to end wars.

By: LB

LB — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:56:58 +0000

Largely irrelevent. The US will never be given teh opportunity to use its arsenal because everyone else is playing smarter. The world will continue to discreetly chip away at American power and independence via non military means.
Modern empires end due to financial collapse, not military defeat, in general.

By: Raad

Raad — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:46:42 +0000

Gary, as this http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060301faessay85204/keir-a-lieber-daryl-g-press/the-rise-of-u-s-nuclear-primacy.html points out, the US is entering nuclear primacy, thoughts? Or is this BS?