This, then, is Random War.
Random War is possible because it is also Low-Budget War.
So Clausewitz -- and, indeed, the imperialism that flourished in the century after his death -- can teach us how to match Random War with Remote War.
When people talk about subscribing to an instance, they usually mean an instance of class "message". Examples of such instances are "white-magic" (for random discussion), "war" (war-related topics), "war.d" (discussion about the war instance), and "weather" (for automated weather announcements).
That random Star Wars reference of a few moments ago reminds me of an amusing tweet doing the rounds today, in which some wag has taken a still from the new Force Unleashed film and mashed it up with our favourite Venezuelan F1 pilot.
In the "Whisper Challenge" with Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" Tuesday, Ridley wore Princess Leia-bun headphones that blared loud music while she tried to guess random "Star Wars" phrases quietly uttered by the host.
History presents itself in a disorderly montage, like one of those heuristic displays in natural-history museums -- dinosaurs, the bronze age, the renaissance, space travel -- rearranged at random: pre-cold-war, post-cold-war, cold war, Buddhist antiquities, Kalashnikovs.
It's impossible to escape horrific events, such as the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, terrorist attacks, school shootings, wars, random violence and political outrage.
The force is certainly with these two random lucky Star Wars fans, Prince William and Prince Harry.
"Harry, I am your brother". The force is certainly with these two random lucky Star Wars fans, Prince William and Prince Harry.
