[unkus]

Woe to the government, which, relying on half-hearted politics and a shackled military policy, meets a foe who, like the untamed elements, knows no law other than his own power!

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I think George Patton understood this. That’s why he got in trouble. Bradley and Ike used him as a warrior and then basically Ike threw him away.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Woe to the government, which, relying on half-hearted politics and a shackled military policy, meets a foe who, like the untamed elements, knows no law other than his own power."

Sherman reiterated this sentiment somewhat more succinctly when he said, "Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster".