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Musings about a military theory framework

You can squeeze the opponent ever more and deny him ever more options, but the marginal cost of your effort explodes and the marginal rate of return approaches zero.

A six-year old can develop an eliminationalist strategy, and this should help us to question its wisdom.


I'd like to advise to go a bit 'Chomsky' and ask wtf the conflict is about.
Slapout's question for Moore was probably already wrong. A General should not decide what to do about AFG. It's simply not his job.