(July 17, 2014 at 11:16 pm)Rhythm Wrote: It is, but we live in a shitty world. If we didn't, there wouldn't be any "generals" to worry about their careers in the first place. Officers have to make snap judgements with limited information that sometimes leads to hellish consequences. Had he not acted, in the face of an actual threat (theorizing an incursion), there would still be people calling bullshit on his decision - possibly for the very same reasons. Rock and a hard place.
That makes a bizarre sort of sense from his point of view I suppose. Doesn't justify the stupidity or increase my faith in the human race though.
Luke: You don't believe in the Force, do you?
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
