Posted on 05/04/2002 10:10:07 PM PDT by PsyOp
Yes, and you can sum up all of Sun Tzu as: "Never pick a fair fight."
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/suntext.htm
The rifle squad of the Marine Corps is the result of many years of development and combat experience...
The purpose of offensive combat is to destroy the enemy and his will to fight. Offensive action is the only means by which a decision is gained in combat. It requires superiority over the enemy, but superiority in numbers or fire alone is not necessarily the deciding factor. In the final analysis, superiority is achieved by a combination of higher morale, greater aggressiveness, a higher quality of leadership, better training and better equipment.
Guidebook for Marines
Squad Tactics, pg 167
Eleventh Edition, July 1, 1967
That works.
So do I. Pretty much says it all about psyops and psyoperators. Thanks.
Yep. Glory and patriotism will only take an army so far. Even in modern times. We ought to forward that quote to Congress.
It never does. Those recessive genes will do you in every time.
I have to admit you stumped me there. I'm not familiar with the name.
Only the greatest movie of all time - not to mention the greatest movie theme music of all time!
There's only one proper definition of a fair fight - the kind you win. Especially when losing means dying.
Sounds like a pretty good summary of Sun Tzu and a few others to me. You really think that everything in the marine guidebook was first time those ideas appeared in print? that guidebook and those used by the other armed services are but the distillation of 2,000 + years of military thought and practical application.
I geuss I'll toss out my library now that I know every worth knowing is in the Marine Guide Book. ;-]
That's probably a safe bet. And perhaps a copy of Vom Krieg by Clausewitz.
Timeliness
Do unto others as they would do unto you, but do it first.
It is far better to do something lethal to the enemy right now than to spend two days preparing the "perfect" battle plan.
The most useless quantity on the battlefied: five second ago.
Battlefield Chaos
No battle plan ever survives contact with the young lieutenant trying to execute it.
No brigade battle plan ever survives contact with division heardquarters, unless it is comes with a really spiffy set of PowerPoint slides, whereupon the Division G-3 puts his name on the slides and sends it to Corps.
Information
I don't care what the Politburo in Beijing is discussing, I want to know what's on the other side of this hill.
Getting your story out the way you want it to go out is important. Remember this when the presstitute is getting on your nerves. Slitting his throat is only a momentary pleasure, and it's bound to get you talked about in less-than-flattering terms.
Victory
Sometimes, victory in war is neat and clear-cut. If any such victory comes your way, please FReepmail me, as it would be the first since the Japanese signed their names on the Missouri's main deck.
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