THE ART OF WAR : When not to fight
LRRP
The Art of War is one of the most famous books ever written on
military strategy, and its principles are generally applicable to
modern warfare. The manual was written and taught by Sun Tzu. Marshall
Liu Bocheng, a leading military figure in China, during the 1950s, was
an acknowledged authority on Sun Tzu. He noted that the treatise
taught to defeat the enemy without force when possible. It also taught
that one must try to know his enemy very well and be honest with self
and one's own limitations. It emphasized the need for political
gestures and statesmanship as means of avoiding war. Finally, it
emphasized the need to surprise an enemy, to be unpredictable, and
attack fiercely when it was necessary.
From Marshall Bocheng's studies of Sun Tzu, he learned and advocated
that one had to take into consideration the following five "taboos" in
making strategic decisions:
* Do not fight a war if the country is not powerful enough (including
manpower and financial and military strength).
* Do not fight a war if the situation is unfavorable (including the
international situation and the attitude of neighboring countries).
* Do not fight a war if there is no domestic tranquillity.
* Do not fight a war if the people do not support it.
* Do not fight a war if the country has to fight on two or more
fronts.
These may be applied to any war, of course, to see if that war should
be fought or ended.
Evidently, our present leadership has never even heard of Marshall Liu
Bocheng whose expertise on war is respected by military leaders
worldwide. Sadly, they have already violated the last four of these
basic rules for making war on Iraq.
CB
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When Germany, France, Russia and China conspire to sell arms and supply the
means to make war, repair WMD, shoot farther, America has not other choice
than to destroy a proven enemy and then finally salt the enemies fields with
occupation.