One of the great principles of war is to not concentrate
on killing your enemy, but wounding them. The
subsequent burden of caring for the injured on the
field of battle is detrimental tacticaly, but my sense
is that its true effect is strategic.
The Viet's knew that it wasn't so much their body
count or even the body count of their enemy..it
was the limbless and bruised sent home.
It worked because they had nothing to lose when
the same hand was dealt to them.
Nothing to lose is a difficult dictum to defeat.
on killing your enemy, but wounding them. The
subsequent burden of caring for the injured on the
field of battle is detrimental tacticaly, but my sense
is that its true effect is strategic.
The Viet's knew that it wasn't so much their body
count or even the body count of their enemy..it
was the limbless and bruised sent home.
It worked because they had nothing to lose when
the same hand was dealt to them.
Nothing to lose is a difficult dictum to defeat.
