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The Author set me up big time; I was expecting his 'Orientalism' to presage some kind of reconciliation of his anti-war preconceptions with an understanding of war informed by his time spent teaching cadets.

Anyone else frustrated that he didn't use Che Guevara as an object lesson?

1. We don't want people to kill us. But some do.

2. We want to disarm those people.

3. One way is to kill them, another is to kill their will to fight.

4. Read Che Guevara, why does he fight?

5. Read between the lines, find his weaknesses. What can you use against him?

Warning to cadets: you all have similarities to Che, but you are all similar to him in different ways. Be careful discussing this work with others because the vulnerabilities you see in Che probably also exist in you, and so can also be used to destroy your will to fight.