Your son sounds very immature.
Well as you said, he is only 14
Your son sounds very immature.
Are you really calling me out for getting off tangent on a fairly obtuse topic? lol
Nothing has changed at the high strategic level from Sun Tzu's time. Absolutely nothing. Some of the book is outdated (but even information about say ...river crossings, simply needs modern unit types inserted), only when it (rarely) gets into detail, can the book be deemed slightly anachronistic.
So - more appropriate to this thread:
It is not the specifics, but the philosophy.
If you look beyond the specific scenarios and see the metaphor, you will see the Art of War in its entirety is as effective now as ever.
The Department of the Army in the United States, through its Command and General Staff College, has directed all units to maintain libraries within their respective headquarters for the continuing education of personnel in the art of war. The Art of War is mentioned as an example of works to be maintained at each individual unit, and staff duty officers are obliged to prepare short papers for presentation to other officers on their readings.[19]
The Art of War is listed on the Marine Corps Professional Reading Program (formerly known as the Commandant's Reading List). It is recommended reading for all United States Military Intelligence personnel and is required reading for all CIA officers.
It does not surprise me that you have read Sun Tzu, The Art Of War.
My son is all but ready to join the Marines and go to foreign lands and kill Osamas in the name of liberty. I did not instill this desire in him; I believe it's his own opinion. He is all but a Rambo in the Boy Scouts currently and can't wait to go out and kill enemy Arabs in the name of liberty.
I am looking for your thoughts on this matter. I did not plan this to be his future but he is all for it; he has been on an "an American rant" for over a year now- proud to wear the flag etc... (which leads me to believe he may be Marine material).
Thanks.
excellent. [H]ow about pipe bombs?
surely there is some utility in that as well?
Rent the uncut version of "Hamburger Hill" or the original "All's Quiet on the Western Front." And get him to read Wilfred Owen's poetry. He needs to learn about the reality of war not Ramboesqe- jingoism.
send him to work in a red cross aid station, treating those the idiot yank solders blew up