4 Quotes & Sayings By Gary Brecher

Gary Brechner is a journalist, author, and public speaker who specializes in the history of sports and sports heroes. He has written four books on baseball, three on football, one on boxing and one on hockey. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and other newspapers and magazines across the country. He has been a regular contributor to The Nation, Sports Illustrated and other periodicals.

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I love that name. A country named Chad. Sounds like somebody who lived next door to the Brady Bunch. But if Chad actually lived next door to the Bradys, Greg would be roasting over a slow fire and Marcia would be standing naked on an auction block, because Chad is one of the hungriest, craziest, most desperate places on the planet. Gary Brecher
War is just demographics in a hurry.
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War is just demographics in a hurry. Gary Brecher
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1. Most wars are asymmetrical or irregular.2. In these wars, the guerrillas/irregulars/insurgents do not aim for military victory.3. You can not defeat these groups by killing lots of their members. In fact, they want you to do that.4. High-tech weaponry is mostly useless in these wars.5. “Hearts and minds, ” meaning propaganda and morale, are more important than military superiority.6. Most people are not rational; they are tribal: “My gang yeah, your gang boo! ” It really is that simple. The rest is cosmetics. Gary Brecher