"In warfare, there are flight, insubordination, deterioration, collapse, chaos, and setback.
These six situations are not caused by Heaven or Ground, but by the general.
If the forces are equal, and one attacks ten, this is called flight.
If the troops are strong but the officers weak, this is called insubordination.
If the officers are strong but the troops weak, this is called deterioration.
If the officers are angry and insubordinate, doing battle with the enemy under anger and insubordination, and the general does not know their abilities, this is called collapse.
If the general is weak and not disciplined, his instructions not clear, the officers and troops lack discipline and their formation in disarray, this is called chaos.
If the general cannot calculate his enemy, and uses a small number against a large number, his weak attacking the strong, and has no selected vanguard, this is called setback.
"These are the six Ways of defeat. They are the general's responsibility, and must be examined."
I believe the RATS are in a state of collapse, verging on chaos...MUD
I believe the RATS are in a state of collapse, verging on chaos...
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"If one gains victory in battle and is successful in attacks, but does not exploit those achievements, it is disastrous. This is called waste and delay. Therefore, I say the wise general thinks about it, and the good general executes it. If it is not advantageous, do not move; if there is no gain, do not use troops; if there is no danger, do not do battle. The ruler may not move his army out of anger; the general may not do battle out of wrath. If it is advantageous, move; if it is not advantageous, stop."
"Those angry will be happy again, and those wrathful will be cheerful again, but a destroyed nation cannot exist again, the dead cannot be brought back to life. Therefore, the enlightened ruler is prudent, the good general is cautious. This is the Way of securing the nation, and preserving the army."
FReegards...MUD