Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted.
Max BrooksSince 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters, D.C. sniper, global warming, global financial meltdown, bird flu, swine flu, SARS. I think people really feel like the system's breaking down.
Max Brooks[...]you donโt have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isnโt about killing or even hurting the other guy, itโs about scaring him enough to call it a day.
Max BrooksAmerica is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say โperceptionโ because America is a very all-or-nothing societyโฆ We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasnโt uncontested, it was positively devastating.
Max Brooks