No Combat Without Movement: Enders Game as Maneuver Warfare Primer

Re:No Combat Without Movement: Enders Game as Maneuver Warfa... by Cushman on Thursday February 14, 2013 @12:38AM (#5217925)

Ender is profoundly not a role model. I think you may have missed something crucial there.

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Re:No Combat Without Movement: Enders Game as Maneuver Warfa... by jackpirate on Thursday February 14, 2013 @01:33AM (#5218085)

Except that in practice, he actually is a role model for a large number of people in the military.

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Re:No Combat Without Movement: Enders Game as Maneuver Warfa... by Cushman on Thursday February 14, 2013 @12:07PM (#5220411)

Well, yeah; "Shut up, do as you're told, and we'll succeed in exterminating those other people" is a lesson the military takes in a somewhat different light from the general public.

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Re:No Combat Without Movement: Enders Game as Maneuver Warfa... by notb on Thursday February 14, 2013 @01:02AM (#5218001)

I agree. Ultimately, he does all the things he does because the system is using him. Harry Potter is closer to a perverse ideal than Ender.

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Re:No Combat Without Movement: Enders Game as Maneuver Warfa... by astrodust on Thursday February 14, 2013 @06:18PM (#5223257)

The thing about Harry Potter is he makes mistakes, he has setbacks. It's not just win after win after improbable win.

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Re:No Combat Without Movement: Enders Game as Maneuver Warfa... by notb on Thursday February 14, 2013 @07:17PM (#5223583)

Spoiler alert: Ender commits xenocide just to prove his worth. Is that a win?

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