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Big Schlieffen Plan vibes coming out of China at Taiwan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan Curiously
by Balgair 4y ago
Big Schlieffen Plan vibes coming out of China at Taiwan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan
Curiously, Clausewitz (drink!) knew better and yet it still didn't stop Germany from their love of plans and order.
Even with a world of techno-gadgetry, I don't see the Taiwan Plan will go any different than Schlieffen's. Friction always wins
- jemmyw 4y agoThey don't have to deal with quite the same level of complexity though. There's no railway calculation and no intermediate states. And while I hope if they try they fail, I hope more they never try. It would be a disastrous loss of life for nothing but the pride of the CCP.
- midoridensha 4y agoAs we've seen over and over in history, including as recent as last year, countless men are perfectly happy to throw their lives away in a meatgrinder for someone's pride.