While a disciplined fighting force of soldiers can survive the loss of a leader, even a charismatic and rallying one, if you can find out who the warchiefs in a particular society are you stand a greater chance of splintering or neutralizing his fighting force if you can kill, convert or otherwise neutralize him
A point powerfully illustrated by Korben Dallas in Luc Besson's 1997 masterwork, "The Fifth Element".
Last edited by CR6; 02-22-2008 at 10:45 PM.
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"Law cannot limit what physics makes possible." Humanitarian Apsects of Airpower (papers of Frederick L. Anderson, Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
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