Re: OT: Another Simberg satire?

OM wrote:

...And it's a history lesson for the ages. To prevent an enemy from resurrecting itself, you conquer it totally as a conqueror, destroy everything, and then rebuild from scratch to your specifications, showing the locals that it's far better to be your friend and do things your way than be independent and do things in the fucked up fashion you'd been doing them because you didn't know better, much less being your enemy at the same time.

AFAIK, your General Sherman was the first modern military commander to
recognize this. His strategy of economically crippling and
psychologically intimidating the rebels during his famous March to the
Sea has led to his being recognized as one of the fathers of modern warfare.

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