Savage State of Torpor

Information, from the internet to rock videos, will not be contained, and fundamentalism cannot control its children. Our victims volunteer.

We use technology to expand our wealth, power, and opportunities. The rest get high on pop culture.

-Maj. Ralph Peters, Office of the Deputy chief of Staff for Intelligence

[from "Constant Conflict," Parameters, Summer 1997, pp. 4-14: US Army War College.]