Makes you ask, as I often do, if something strategically dangerous, can be tactically useful.Originally Posted by davidbfpo
Personally, I think the idea of "tactical success" but "operational/strategic failure" is not an intellectually or practically defensible position.
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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