Comments on: Letter From Military History - November 2012 http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-military-history-november-2012.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: H. Davis http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-military-history-november-2012.htm#comment-827566 H. Davis Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:14:34 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13686634#comment-827566 This is an interesting line of thought, but the facts are a bit off. We were the insurgents fighting asymmetrically in the American Revolution. Also, even during conventional conflicts like WWII and the Korean War American forces conducted irregular and unconventional operations in support of conventional campaigns. The essence of warfare is winning - however that is culturally and societally defined by a combatant - and no real norms exist beyond this. The football analogy definitely has got to go though, sports are not warfare and vice versa. This is an interesting line of thought, but the facts are a bit off. We were the insurgents fighting asymmetrically in the American Revolution. Also, even during conventional conflicts like WWII and the Korean War American forces conducted irregular and unconventional operations in support of conventional campaigns. The essence of warfare is winning – however that is culturally and societally defined by a combatant – and no real norms exist beyond this. The football analogy definitely has got to go though, sports are not warfare and vice versa.

]]> By: tony tramonte http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-military-history-november-2012.htm#comment-817302 tony tramonte Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:22:49 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13686634#comment-817302 All true no doubt, but football is changing too, with strikes every year, owners crying poor-mouth, the NFL implementing public relations strategies in response to concerns about concussions, players whining because they are given the "franchise tag" and thus are forced to take 9.5 million for a season, etc. And in much the some way much of the military establishment is built around buying weapons systems and keeping the money flowing, the NFL is concerned about how they can maximize revenue by essentially having a system where they get much of their money from cable fees, in a system where they lobby Congress to make it difficult for subscribers to order stations individually. All true no doubt, but football is changing too, with strikes every year, owners crying poor-mouth, the NFL implementing public relations strategies in response to concerns about concussions, players whining because they are given the "franchise tag" and thus are forced to take 9.5 million for a season, etc.

And in much the some way much of the military establishment is built around buying weapons systems and keeping the money flowing, the NFL is concerned about how they can maximize revenue by essentially having a system where they get much of their money from cable fees, in a system where they lobby Congress to make it difficult for subscribers to order stations individually.

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