A Quotation

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A Quotation: Being Ready Is Not What Matters, What Matters Is Winning After You Get There.
Lt Gen Victor H Krulack USMC
 
A Quotation: Success in battle is not a function of how many show up, but who they are.
Gen Robert H. Barrow 27th CMC
 
More Sun Tzu:

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."
 
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

Brennan Manning USMC
 
"Zu den bedeutungslosen französischen Idealismen: Freiheit, Gleichheit und Brüderlichkeit schlagen wir die drei deutschen Realitäten vor: Infanterie, Kavallerie und Artillerie."
- Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow

....and the two in my sig line.
 
As a Marine, I think Gen. Krulack took the readiness as a given when he said that. It sort of paraphrases the Bulow quote I posted: "To the meaningless French ideals of liberty, fraternity, and equality, we propose the three German realities; Infanty, Cavalry, and Artillery." The French dream of peace, while the Germans prepare for war. (back then.)
Sun Tzu encouraged commanders to only bring battle when it was the last resort, and even then only when victory was assured by being fluid enough to change the situation as it and the intel changed. Eastern military philosophy is centered more on strategy than Western (mostly) is. They realized tactics are fluid, and to an extent, strategy can, and sometimes, must be, too.
We (The US) are getting better at this, but even though every officer candidate (and many a regular soldier) studies Sun-Tzu, many get the wrong message from it. Our saving grace is that unlike other militaries, ours rewards mavericks when they are successful.
 
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