There are two things with which I take issue in your comment: 1) Finite resources are always the case, so it would follow from your argument that one is always

There are two things with which I take issue in your comment: 1) Finite resources are always the case, so it would follow from your argument that one is always strictly better off with missionaries than mercenaries, which is simply not the case. 2) If there was anyone who could be considered to have infinite resources, it would have been the Romney campaign.