1.0Responsible Statecrafthttps://responsiblestatecraft.orgDanny Sjursenhttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/dsjursen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/03/28/absurdity-and-the-army-the-myth-of-readiness-in-the-corona-age/">Absurdity and the Army: The myth of ‘readiness’ in the corona-age</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/03/28/absurdity-and-the-army-the-myth-of-readiness-in-the-corona-age/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Absurdity and the Army: The myth of ‘readiness’ in the corona-age” — Responsible Statecraft" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://responsiblestatecraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shutterstock_1435756895-1-scaled.jpg25601587'Man stands face to face with the irrational. ...The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.' Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (1957)