Inside Hezbollah | Party of God
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Quote:Edit: Link to Robert Kaplan's Imperial Grunts article Oct 2005 at The Atlantic Monthly:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200510/kapl...-special-forces

Can't help but think sun tzu, best kind of victory is winning without (actual direct) battle, when Kaplan says,
Not every situation lends itself to "the acme of Skill" and thus a win without going to war. METT-T applies in more endeavors than a battlefield.

The "win without shooting" takes years of setting the pre conditions by other means to achieve a success: other means typically being espionage, blackmail, economic measures, diplomacy, propaganda, etc. It also inlcudes having a mailed fist handy if the threat of one is needed to back up other measures.

Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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