Michael Emrys Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 22 hours ago, sburke said: Flee the scene? You even considered it and wonder why you only got a "major victory"? Do you not realize you actually suffered a humiliating defeat even considering fleeing? I just read this again and realized that once more your reading skills have failed you. It was the RED FORCE, not mine that I was advocating fleeing the scene. Sheesh. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Bah! A competent commander would not have left any enemy there to be able to flee! Revel in your loss.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 You still are not getting it. What I am saying is that the red force commander should have gathered up all the sensitive material and beat it even before blue force got there. There would have been nobody there to shoot. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Yeah why defend when you can withdraw and fight another day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Ken, I think they just are never going to get it. alas for the fleeing tendencies of this younger generation...though that doesn't explain Emrys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 13 hours ago, sburke said: Ken, I think they just are never going to get it. alas for the fleeing tendencies of this younger generation...though that doesn't explain Emrys. Can anything explain Emrys? A good commander is concerned with his men's well-being. Sure, a tactical "solution" would be to remove the intel and run away back to your base. Pshaw. That's a small solution. You see, a unit needs to have good morale in order to be combat effective. In order to have good morale, the men need to feel confident in their martial prowess. A good commander understands this, innately. Instead, I must explain it. Sigh. The men in the unit have self-doubt. They seek the purity of battle which distills the essence of manhood like no other endeavor. Without the fight against their enemy, they will always wonder how they measure up. They sit in the barracks, the redoubts, the bunkers, and stew in their doubt. They are unmanned, emasculated, and weakened. Only the test of arms will give them the confidence in themselves which is the hallmark of effective units. The red commander knows this and therefore leaves the intel available to the blue commander. He will allow the fight so that his men will become manly. Had this been their second fight, he may have taken their ammo so that only bayonets would be used. That would surely increase morale! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 3 hours ago, c3k said: Can anything explain Emrys? True, I inhabit dimensions far beyond your ken. 3 hours ago, c3k said: A good commander is concerned with his men's well-being. Sure, a tactical "solution" would be to remove the intel and run away back to your base. Pshaw. That's a small solution. You see, a unit needs to have good morale in order to be combat effective. In order to have good morale, the men need to feel confident in their martial prowess. A good commander understands this, innately. Instead, I must explain it. Sigh. The men in the unit have self-doubt. They seek the purity of battle which distills the essence of manhood like no other endeavor. Without the fight against their enemy, they will always wonder how they measure up. They sit in the barracks, the redoubts, the bunkers, and stew in their doubt. They are unmanned, emasculated, and weakened. Only the test of arms will give them the confidence in themselves which is the hallmark of effective units. The red commander knows this and therefore leaves the intel available to the blue commander. He will allow the fight so that his men will become manly. Had this been their second fight, he may have taken their ammo so that only bayonets would be used. That would surely increase morale! Still peddling the same old malarky I see. Look, dead men have no morale and crippled men aren't much better. A good and wise commander picks his fights and selects the ones he knows his men will win. That is what builds their morale. When they are being massacred and know they are being massacred, morale plummets and they may even desert or mutiny. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Dead men don't desert. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 23 minutes ago, c3k said: Dead men don't desert. They also don't usually win any battles. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 1 hour ago, c3k said: Dead men don't desert. And they don't get any dessert either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 14 minutes ago, Splinty said: And they don't get any dessert either. That's the worst part. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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