[lit-ideas] Re: Big Army versus Special Forces

I enjoyed your take on India, Andreas.

What is your opinion about taxation on corporations that farm cheap
labour to India?  


On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:44:44 -0800, "Andreas Ramos"
<andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> The same dynamics exists in Silicon Valley between the contractors (the
> highly-skilled 
> experts who work freelance) vs the CEOs and VPs of Big Corps. The
> contractors laugh at CEOs. 
> Small teams of contractors can build projects in a few months in a flat
> network with only a 
> little team coordination. Big corps waste millions of dollars and years
> to build something 
> that often barely works.
> 
> It's not "Big Government" that is inefficient. It's Big Anything. Filled
> with lifers, 
> clueless managers, and figurehead CEOs, it's remarkable they stay in
> business. It moves by 
> inertia.
> 
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian" <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:46 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Big Army versus Special Forces
> 
> 
> >I was reading Vince Flynn's first novel Term Limits recently and a
> > passage struck me about animosity between politicians and soldiers,
> > especially Special Forces:
> >
> > "I was in the Special Forces for almost fifteen years...I've worked
> > with the Navy SEASLs, Green Berets, Rangers, Marine Recons, I've met
> > them all.  Do you know what the one thing is they all have in common?
> >
> > "They all hate politicians.  The two professions couldn't be more
> > fundamentally different.  Commandos live by a warrior's code, honor
> > and integrity above everything.  Do what you say and mean what you
> > do.  Politicians just say whatever will keep them in office.  Now,
> > where you run into the problem is when you have the unprincipled,
> > honorless politician telling the principled, honorable warrior what
> > to do.  The way the relationship works, with the politicians in the
> > position of authority, they're destined to foster disgust and
> > animosity among the troops.
> >
> 
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