Re: 2nd and 3rd rate powers

--- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
> 
> > > being a superpower
> > > with a long institutional military history
> > >
> > > Yeah, like the guys had going into WWI...<g>
> 
> John said:
> > Actually, the Brits and Germans had first-rate
> forces
> > going into WWI.
> 
> Yeah, and they had a long institutional military
> history, and they
> lost lots and lots of guys because doctrine didn't
> match reality.

1)Shit happens.  Neither your theology nor mine allows
for humans achieving perfection on this Earth, and if
a single person can't do it, what are the odds that an
entire people ever will?

2)They adapted to the situation, with the German
infiltration attacks and the British armored attacks
both being very effective solutions.  The Ottomans,
Russians, and Italians simply collapsed like a house
of cards.  The French Army mutinied and much of it was
not considered reliable enough to engage in offensive
action.  Us 'Mericans just charged ahead with enough
bullheaded enthusiasm to overrun burnt-out Germans who
all of a sudden weren't interested in fighting yet
another couple million troops of a fresh power that
wasn't down to conscripting invalids and boys.

John

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