I know, right? [Cliff had to laugh at it. As much as he hated to reference Terran texts, Sun Tzu had it right. Don't let the politicians make military decisions.]
But, people don't exactly rule by strength alone back home. It'd be simpler if they did, but then we wouldn't have to worry much 'bout the Federation.
'Sides that, there's some damn good captains out there, and they have damn good warships. [The Invisible flashed through his mind, as did the Aquaelie.] They're the ones out there who are doing the fighting...and the less scrupulous of them don't really care about who else they affect with their wars.
Kinda hard to fight a system like that. It's why my planet didn't join the Federation, and why a bunch of systems are trying to be independent. Just. These paper pushers again.
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But, people don't exactly rule by strength alone back home. It'd be simpler if they did, but then we wouldn't have to worry much 'bout the Federation.
'Sides that, there's some damn good captains out there, and they have damn good warships. [The Invisible flashed through his mind, as did the Aquaelie.] They're the ones out there who are doing the fighting...and the less scrupulous of them don't really care about who else they affect with their wars.
Kinda hard to fight a system like that. It's why my planet didn't join the Federation, and why a bunch of systems are trying to be independent. Just. These paper pushers again.