Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 6, 2023 19:00:09 GMT
Douglas Macgregor, who is briefly described in this wiki intro as the following:
Douglas Abbott Macgregor (born January 4, 1953) is a retired U.S. Army colonel and government official, and an author, consultant, and television commentator.[1] He played a significant role on the battlefield in the 1990-91 Gulf War and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. His 1997 book Breaking the Phalanx established him as an influential if unconventional theorist of military strategy. His thinking contributed to the US strategy in its 2003 invasion of Iraq.
After leaving the military in 2004, he became more politically active. In 2020, President Donald Trump proposed Macgregor as ambassador to Germany, but the Senate blocked the nomination. On November 11, 2020, a Pentagon spokesperson announced that Macgregor had been hired to serve as Senior Advisor to the Acting Secretary of Defense, a post he held for less than three months. Trump also appointed him to the board of West Point Academy, his alma mater.
said the other day that he did not think Nato can survive this war in Ukraine. His comments are featured here:
Which reminds me of what Corbyn said at a rally, which I've been trying to locate, but what with so many rallies he has spoken at, it is neigh on impossible to find. He said in no uncertain terms that Britain should leave Nato. After being a bit more on the radical side though and even Starmer using it to his political advantage to put the former leader down, he is a little more circumspect in his ideas. Anyhow the full uncensored message from socialist to fellow socialists is we want out. The problem is they would never get elected for putting it on their manifesto due to the outrageousness of the idea.
So isn't that strange? He was what they call "ahead of his time". He could be one of these Moorcock 'Eternal Champions'* in a rather mystical sense.
* In the story, John Daker, an ordinary man in the 20th century, is pulled through time and space to the tomb of Erekosë, a long-dead hero of a version of Earth that may be the distant past or distant future. Daker realizes he is the reincarnation of the warrior Erekosë and is now being called to assume that identity again by the people he once served. Daker also sees memories of other lives he's lived or will live and realizes he is one of many incarnations of the Eternal Champion, a key figure in the mythology of Michael Moorcock's multiverse. The Eternal Champion is often called to restore or maintain the multiverse's balance between the cosmic forces of Law and Chaos. With his memories of Daker's life and family quickly dimming, the warrior accepts his identity as Erekosë and joins a great war, armed with a radioactive sword called Kanajana. Throughout the novel, he is skeptical about the just nature of the war he fights and feels conflicted about his duty to humanity in contrast to his duty as an Eternal Champion who may need to defy humanity. He is also occasionally tormented by the lingering memories and principles of his 20th century life, as well as glimpses of his others lives.
Many incarnations of Moorcock's Eternal Champion are unaware they serve this role and/or have no memories of their other lives.
Many incarnations of Moorcock's Eternal Champion are unaware they serve this role and/or have no memories of their other lives.