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Sun Tzu lived thousands of years before Washington, yet he was more civilized. A true general would not need to conduct a war of attrition with scorched-earth
by partycoder 8y ago
Sun Tzu lived thousands of years before Washington, yet he was more civilized.
A true general would not need to conduct a war of attrition with scorched-earth tactics against tribes in the bronze age.
Not only Natives had inferior weaponry, they also were not familiar with writing, mapmaking and did not having navigation tools like the compass... limiting any form of military planning.
Washington had a wide spectrum of options and he chose to be immoral.
- oh_sigh 8y agoHow would a true general take care of a disperse force that relied on small scale attacks and hit and run tactics?
- partycoder 8y agoHe had many options, he wasn't forced to use a scorched-earth tactic. But he did, and because he did we can say that not only he acted in an immoral way, but set a precedent and a bad example for others to follow.
- oh_sigh 8y agoYes, I asked what an option was.
- boomboomsubban 8y agoRespecting their neutrality at the start of the war, so they do not become an enemy.