South Ossetia. The War of my Dreams

Bruno Lotse · 08-20-08, 08:56 AM

There are three basic facts to keep in mind about the smokin’ little war in Ossetia:

1. The Georgians started it.
2. They lost.
3. What a beautiful little war!

For me, the most important is #3, the sheer beauty of the video clips that have already come out of this war. I’m in heaven right now.

Read on a "war nerd" Gary Brecher

http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-sou...-of-my-dreams/

Dowly · 08-20-08, 09:34 AM

Good for you then.

joegrundman · 08-20-08, 09:56 AM

I quite liked that article - i'd never heard of that guy before. funny

sergbuto · 08-20-08, 02:29 PM

Yes, the article is quite a read. That is what I call an analysis with no emotions.

Digital_Trucker · 08-20-08, 03:19 PM

Interesting author, too:

Quote:

On June 25, 2008, the following revelation is made on citypaper.net [2]
in the course of a review of the War Nerd book: But the War Nerd is, in fact, neither of those things. He is not even Gary Brecher! Brecher is the creation of John Dolan, a poet, novelist, lecturer in English at the University of Victoria, and The eXile co-editor. That's very exciting news for the War Nerd's regular readers: The columns you've been dissecting and debating for the last six years were written by an English professor who writes poetry!

according to wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Brecher )

Interesting who he writes for, too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_eXile

joegrundman · 08-20-08, 06:16 PM

Yes i read that too, but given the war nerd makes no claim as to any professional expertise on the subject, even if this claim regarding his identity is true, it makes little difference.

And in short it does not bear on the quality of the writing, and i had a look at the eXiled and thought it looked great

08-20-08, 08:56 AM	#1
Bruno Lotse Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: HMCS Toronto (K 538) Posts: 385 Downloads: 480 Uploads: 0	South Ossetia. The War of my Dreams There are three basic facts to keep in mind about the smokin’ little war in Ossetia: 1. The Georgians started it. 2. They lost. 3. What a beautiful little war! For me, the most important is #3, the sheer beauty of the video clips that have already come out of this war. I’m in heaven right now. Read on a "war nerd" Gary Brecher http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-sou...-of-my-dreams/ __________________ Wie einst Lili Marleen.

08-20-08, 02:29 PM	#4
sergbuto Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,331 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Yes, the article is quite a read. That is what I call an analysis with no emotions. __________________ Serg's SH4 and SH3 pages Last edited by sergbuto; 08-20-08 at 02:48 PM.

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joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Yes i read that too, but given the war nerd makes no claim as to any professional expertise on the subject, even if this claim regarding his identity is true, it makes little difference. And in short it does not bear on the quality of the writing, and i had a look at the eXiled and thought it looked great __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Good for you then.

08-20-08, 09:56 AM	#3
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I quite liked that article - i'd never heard of that guy before. funny __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill