Quote Originally Posted by Cavguy View Post
On interesting quote from a British Brigadier I saw speak in Canada seems relevant. He stated that General Sir Rupert Smith once told him that in counterinsurgency you should delay making a decision to the last possible moment and allow the conditions to develop. Reflecting on it, it's more of a "military art" than a "science" thing, as there are many examples where delayed decisions caused catastrophe as well as rapid ones.
I have great doubts about anything to do with science in war, which is why I am sceptical of science based approaches. I tend towards the idea that the Military is a craft, rather than an art. Semantics maybe.