Footage of giant RX-78 Gundam in Yokohama undergoing movement testing

Re:Footage of giant RX-78 Gundam in Yokohama undergoing move... by qppo on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @04:26AM (#24552203)

I think it was Kissinger that said (paraphrasing) war is a tool to achieve political objectives. The necessity, scale and manner of violence depends on what those objectives are and feasibility of success.

The kind of political dilemma that would be solved by a mecha duel would probably not be the same one that requires invasion and enslavement in death mines.

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Re:Footage of giant RX-78 Gundam in Yokohama undergoing move... by Someone on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @04:54AM (#24552359)

Kissinger may have said it, but it dates back to, at least, Carl von Clausewitz. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz:

“Der Krieg ist eine bloße Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln.”

(“War is the mere continuation of politics with other means”)

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