Military history for 2pid
Let's see your chops again, 2pid! I always learn so much from you!
TIA!
Sun Tzu was a Chinese general. His work "Art of War" is still studied
by military officers worldwide. It was written circa 400-320 BCE.
Let's look at what he has to say, 2pid, and then you can give your
"differing opinion" if you wish.
From chapter three "Offensive Strategy," 31, 32, and 33:
Therefore I say: 'Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred
battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy
but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If
ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are certain in every
battle to be in peril.'
(Commentary by Li Ch'uan: Such people are called 'mad bandits'. What
can they expect if not defeat?)
(Quotes from the 1963 Griffith translation.)
So, 2pid, puzzle me this: were our odds of winning ever better than
50-50, even before the "GO" order was given?
It's too bad that insurgencies are not set-piece battles on a linear
battlefield, 2pid. The US military rocks at those.
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