Sun Tzu Lives! Okay so he probably never lived to begin with but this link goes to a page with some infomation about how much Sun Tzu has influenced battles that the American army has fougt in. It mentions Colonel John Boyd the greatest American military strategist and student of Sun Tzu's classic.
http://www.artofwarsuntzu.com/america_experiences_sun_tzu.htm On Jan 5, 2:13 pm, CrossBow <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha ha! *Caesar was both a proficient tactician and statesman!* Too bad they > killed him... You on the other hand...are a brilliant tease, vino expert, > and professional provacateur! > > Sun Tzu probably didn't exist...a lot like Jesus, but the work is attributed > to him anyway. Probably a compilation of good general's work as the > introduction explains. No matter, our goobers in the goverment should > incorporate it on principle. Wishful thinking again:) > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Clogtowner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi y'all - my ancestors were very familiar with Caesar's methods.... > > Veni, Vidi, Vici. > > > On Jan 5, 12:54 pm, CrossBow <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I may be one of the last people on Earth to read this thing, but I'm > > almost > > > through the Introduction section and hope someone else has in our group > > has > > > already read it... > > > > What got me to go ahead and read it was this passage that caught me on > > the > > > flip through... > > > > *"When Sun Tzu wrote, ware had become a dangerous business; the recouse > > when > > > other means had failed. The best policy, he says, is 'to atack the > > enemy's > > > plans'; the next best to disrupt his alliances, for 'to subdue the > > enemy's > > > army without fighting is the acme of skill'. This indicates his > > perception > > > that war was no longer a regulated pastime, but the ultimate instrument > > of > > > statecraft."* > > > > I am personally curious to how similar his methods were to Caesar's. > > Caesar > > > could'nt have read Sun Tzu due to the supposed time period of its > > > creation... but Napoleon did.... > > > > -- > > > gnothe se auton > > -- > gnothe se auton- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
