Doctors donโt seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop.
Joe HaldemanRelativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being thereโฆthe way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.
Joe HaldemanOne cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to the enemy with a minimum of death and damage to your own men and materiel. Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemyโs information, political posturesโdozens, literally dozens of factors.
Joe Haldeman