Originally Posted by
_Agrajag_
From "Attack by Stratagem", Sun Tzu in the Art of War:
Surprising that a text written about 2,500 years ago remains mostly valid today.
These rules of war are all very well, but they treat warfare as if it were a game of chess. They take no account of the relative leadership, quality, morale and determination of the opposing forces. According to Sun Tzu the Luftwaffe should have won the Battle of Britain and the Paras could not have taken Goose Green. I'm sure there must be many other examples.