"Niceness" or "Even-handedness" or "Multi-culturalism"
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Oakman wrote:
Uhuh, and on what page did they tell you to confront the enemy on ground of his choosing?
When overwhelmingly outnumbered, always charge uphill into a heavily fortified position. :laugh:
"Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke
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Stan Shannon wrote:
Army War College (by correspondence of course).
Uhuh, and on what page did they tell you to confront the enemy on ground of his choosing?
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Oakman wrote:
Uhuh, and on what page did they tell you to confront the enemy on ground of his choosing?
It is standard US combat policy to be prepared to engage the enemy on any ground, chosen or not, and remove him from it. To gain the offensive initiative and maintain the offensive initiative, going on defense only for as long as is required to regroup, resupply. SO, yes, absolutely, you want your enemy on the defensive and worrying about choosing his ground.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
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Oakman wrote:
Uhuh, and on what page did they tell you to confront the enemy on ground of his choosing?
When overwhelmingly outnumbered, always charge uphill into a heavily fortified position. :laugh:
"Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke
Tim Craig wrote:
When overwhelmingly outnumbered, always charge uphill into a heavily fortified position
Well, yes, generally speaking, when you are overwhelmingly outnumberd it is all the more important to be able to maintain the offensive. The last thing you want to do is turn over the offensive initiative to a superior force. Being on the defensive is, literally, for losers.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
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Shepman wrote:
I assume you are wise enough to understand that when the wise man argues with a fool, it becomes hard to tell the difference.
OK. Though it pains me to admit it, I guess you guys are right. (you, too, Josh, if you read this. You hit the nail on the head. I do have better things to do) No more back-and-forth with Ilidgit. I promise. It's a waste of my time and Chris's bandwidth.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Tim Craig wrote:
When overwhelmingly outnumbered, always charge uphill into a heavily fortified position
Well, yes, generally speaking, when you are overwhelmingly outnumberd it is all the more important to be able to maintain the offensive. The last thing you want to do is turn over the offensive initiative to a superior force. Being on the defensive is, literally, for losers.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
Stan Shannon wrote:
Well, yes, generally speaking
In the situation that Tim said, your decision would have your troops annihilated in pretty short order. And being on the defensive is not for losers but can sometimes be the most effective action you can take. Examples include WWII Allied Forces defensive withdrawals from South East Asia under MacArthur, otherwise his remarks "I came out of Bataan and I shall return" would be hollow.
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Stan Shannon wrote:
Well, yes, generally speaking
In the situation that Tim said, your decision would have your troops annihilated in pretty short order. And being on the defensive is not for losers but can sometimes be the most effective action you can take. Examples include WWII Allied Forces defensive withdrawals from South East Asia under MacArthur, otherwise his remarks "I came out of Bataan and I shall return" would be hollow.
Thats because MacArthur knew that he could mass force and counter attack. He went on the defense only long enough to resume the offensive. Until he (among others) did that, we were losing.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.