Quote Originally Posted by Marc View Post
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A good strategy takes all these limitations into account in stead of lamenting that politicians fail to overcome them. Did Mao ever complain that his strategy was underresourced? No. He had nothing. He did some hard thinking to figure out a strategy to win a war with nothing and he won. Did Vo Nguyen Giap ever complain that Ho Chi Minh's funding and laws did not fit his strategy. No, he developed a strategy to beat the Americans with what the Vietnamese economy, communist state sponsors and his own people's ingenuity and stamina could provide.
Both China and Vietnam had big Armies with alot of guns and a lot of ammunition. Now somebody paid for that and it wasn't cheap. I agree about the Laws, neither were concerned with laws, they had no political restrictions to worry about, all they were concerned with was wining.