To: tomkat
Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake.
Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”
15 posted on
02/02/2017 9:33:02 PM PST by
SirLurkedalot
(10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
To: SirLurkedalot
Never interrupt your enemy when theyre making a mistake.Napoleon said that.
The saying acquires extra layers if it's true that he said it on the morning of Waterloo.
Apparently he was referring to Wellington's deployment in front of a forest, which would have prevented Wellington's orderly retreat. But fortunately Wellington's position had other strengths (a reverse slope) that Napoleon hadn't taken into account.
36 posted on
02/03/2017 1:08:04 AM PST by
agere_contra
(I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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