Text every warrior should own

[BoarSpear]

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[HtTKar]

The republic
Protocols of the learned elders of zion
The Prince
Code of the Samurai
Communist Manifesto
Declaration of Independance (USA)
Hagakure

[BoarSpear]

Communist Manifesto
Declaration of Independance (USA)

This is an awesome pair

[Sensei Saki]

:-) You don't say.

[HtTKar]

Protocols of the learned elders of zion
The Prince (machiavelli)

So is this one.

[jubaji]

Don't forget The Pretentious Poster, by whoever started this thread.

[Oreomeister365]

How to punch stuff like a man-while drunk.

[Hardball]

Don't forget The Pretentious Poster, by whoever started this thread.

Ha Ha Ha Ha, that's two days in a row....Hilarious.

No offense to the thread author.

[BoarSpear]

Don't forget The Pretentious Poster, by whoever started this thread.

youre right it was pretentious to assume people read books... thanks for pointing that one out o great Pedantic Poster.

Archies...Donald Duck ....Batman...a few of the texts jubaji is more familiar with...

Anyone reading ANYTHING of interest? (BTW Garland...Hustler, while interesting isnt what i had in mind )

has anyone read: "On Killing:Psychological Cost of Killing in War and Society" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman? i dont agree with all its points, however some others seem to make pretty good sense.

[jubaji]

Oh man, you read The Art of War! You badass WARRIOR!

youre right it was pretentious to assume people read books...

Seems like you just finished How to be a Walking fuckin' Cliche, by Needstogetoverhimself.

[Sensei Saki]

RE: Oh man, you read The Art of War! You badass WARRIOR!


Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry myself about that.
Tell me a story.

[Tom Yum]

Texts

The Bible (New International Version)
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

[BoarSpear]

Perhaps if our leaders read Sun Tzu we wouldnt be in this mess...

i'll highlight some of lessons clearly pointed out that we cant seem to comprehend...

"Know others and yourself" this is an obvious reference to intelligence gathering...we blew Dec 7 1941....Korea...(of course the chinese would send troops ))....Vietnam..... Sept 11th 2001. These were massive failures of the intelligence community.

"Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage and sterness"

and yet we have George Bush who has NONE of those qualities

lets not forget Sun Tzu advises against long drawn out conflicts because they drain your country's resources and cause prices to rise. Others sensing your weakness and depletion will begin to rattle thier sabers.

that sounds exactly like where we stand today...

He also advises against raising the Army twice for the same problem! hmmm didnt we do exactly that for iraq? ....

so while the art of war might not be the coolest book to read it is in fact the bible of military ops....

but hey jubaji as an english teacher you should have books to recommend...we all await your contribution of something useful as opposed to your usual uninformed opinons, and smartass middle school class clown humour.

[jubaji]

do you make yourself sick?

Perhaps if our leaders read Sun Tzu we wouldnt be in this mess....

Yeah, that would solve all our problems...

[jubaji]

but hey jubaji as an English teacher you should have books to recommend....

Books to make someone a warrior? (or more to the point, to try too hard to 'show' everyone that you are a warrior). Sorry, no. Folks should read to inform and/or entertain themselves without pretense as to what 'image' they are portraying. A lot of folks here would do well to get their hands on a good dictionary. That is all.