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July 12th, 2005  
Whispering Death
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Welshwarrior
But they still won. The means justifies the end?
No, you misunderstand what I'm saying. Technology is only one factor in warfare. Mass is another factor and is, in fact, one of the origional principles of warfare as enumerated by Clauswitz.

So in Vietnam, mass overpowered technology but is that really an unlikely victory? Or is it really just simply the MASS overpowering the numerical multipliers that technology gives, which is what happened.
 
 
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