Stryke Against Optimism
April 25th, 2002 - 10:05 am
Pejman wants the best for Iran. I want the best from Iran. We’re both optimists.
Sarge isn’t. And it makes for fine reading.
It’s always nice when people do what you expect them to do, but it rarely ever happens.
This is what overconfidence looks like. It also betrays a lack of understanding of the region and its politics. I see a lot of book smarts there, but there’s not much in the way of street smarts. Knowledge is fine, but knowledge plus experience equals wisdom. Knowledge, detached from practical experience, is merely information. Information plus overconfidence equals foolishness.
Here’s why you need to read Sarge every day — he splashes cold water in your face, just when you need it most. I gotta buy that man a beer or seven.
Sorry, VodkaPrince. The Sarge is a good guy, and a smart one, and he may even have done some dabbling in geopolitics and military history. But compared to James Dunnigan he’s, well, a Sarge. I’ll give any analysis appearing on Dunnigan’s site a hell of a lot more weight than I will Sarge Strykers’s.
I agree with Mr. Quick. Sarge always seems to be playing devils advocate. For once I would like him to actually agree with something that makes sense to begin with.