"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Yeah, sending in tanks to threaten your native born is always a good argument
One of the things that has made our military so formidable is that most of it has always come from the Celtic Southern states. Don’t screw with the Irish, Euroweenies.
They'll use the army to put down their uppity citizens but allow imported savages to run amok. The 21st century is turning out just the way Heinlein, Ayn Rand and Orwell expected.
What I'm pondering is just what threat Ireland faced that they needed motorized infantry? They're not a member of NATO, and they are -- literally -- an island nation. Infantry fighting vehicles aren't cheap, and have only one purpose.
Maybe Britain, a few generations back. But now? Not so much.
No, the only reason for that capability is to deal with civil disorder. For which there is an historical precedence in Ireland.
But the problem with maintaining a standing army is that it needs a purpose; we saw that in America after the Berlin Wall fell, and the Cold War ended. We have plenty of external enemies, but our history and culture is vastly different from Ireland.
So I expect that the politicians and bureaucrats always believed that the army existed to back them up. Certainly their police force is capable of that.
One of the things that has made our military so formidable is that most of it has always come from the Celtic Southern states. Don’t screw with the Irish, Euroweenies.
ReplyDeleteThey'll use the army to put down their uppity citizens but allow imported savages to run amok.
ReplyDeleteThe 21st century is turning out just the way Heinlein, Ayn Rand and Orwell expected.
hmmm... I'd hate to see Ireland have troubles with the natives, but...
ReplyDeleteWhat I'm pondering is just what threat Ireland faced that they needed motorized infantry? They're not a member of NATO, and they are -- literally -- an island nation. Infantry fighting vehicles aren't cheap, and have only one purpose.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Britain, a few generations back. But now? Not so much.
No, the only reason for that capability is to deal with civil disorder. For which there is an historical precedence in Ireland.
But the problem with maintaining a standing army is that it needs a purpose; we saw that in America after the Berlin Wall fell, and the Cold War ended. We have plenty of external enemies, but our history and culture is vastly different from Ireland.
So I expect that the politicians and bureaucrats always believed that the army existed to back them up. Certainly their police force is capable of that.