Choose Your Weapons Carefully
Bud Hancock presents another informative two part article. I thank Bud for his continued interest in my Blog, his biography appears at the end. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Choose Your Weapons Carefully – Part One By Bud Hancock Introduction Armies are known by the weapons they deploy, which are sometimes used exclusively by them and not by other armies. For example, the Soviet/Russian army has used the AK 47 assault rifle since shortly after the day it was invented in 1947. Armies are also known by their armored weapons, e.g., the American Sherman tank, the American Abrams tank, the German Panzer and Tiger tanks and the Russian T-26 tank, as well as others. Militaries choose or create their weapons and deploy them, based on the weapons firepower, their lethality, their cost and their overall effectiveness in combat. There were instances in WW2 when armored tanks, such as the German Tiger, created such fear in their enemies that they effected the outcome of battles for that reason alone. A true military strategist and leader will deploy his troops and weapons based on his ‘intelligence’ as to their effectiveness in determining the outcome of a battle or war. Most political wars have been won by superior physical force, based on the strategies and weapons used by the victor. Weapons, Offensive or Defensive What constitutes a ‘weapon’? Merriam Webster Dictionary defines a weapon as “an object used to injure, defeat or destroy”. This definition makes it sound as though all weapons are offensive, but the true nature of an object defined as a weapon is determined by the intent of the user, the nature of the person(s) instigating the action that leads to the use of weapons, as well as the actual use of them in a battle. Politicians are well trained in weaponizing…