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Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@golgaloth Bluestone 42 had a similar approach...
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SIMON What?! So... sir... reading that book won’t help me become a corporal? LT COL places the new books on his shelf, alongside eight copies that are already there. LT COL Well, let’s see, shall we? Seems like you two have had quite the battle. BIRD / SIMON Nope / Not really sir. LT COL Who won? BIRD / SIMON Me... no me / Me... no I won... LT COL You both lost. The only winner was... SIMON The Taliban? LT COL No! Faruq! ‘Wherever there is war, there will also be treasure for the unscrupulous.’ SIMON Is that Sun Tzu, sir? LT COL No idea! Just made it up! That shit writes itself. BIRD Have you actually read Sun Tzu, sir? LT COL Course not! The copy my grandfather gave me was in Chinese or something. Baffling.
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Ben Aveling

@golgaloth rule 1. Don’t get in a war

The rest of the book: now that you’ve stuffed that up, here’s a list of other things to do and not do, please don’t stuff up

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Peter Kisner ≈

@BenAveling @golgaloth

"Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life."

Several sections are like, 'Starting a long war will wreck your economy and make people angry at you, so try to keep it short.'

National leaders these days assume they're smart, so they'll be able to get quick win out of the war they're starting. Then they don't.

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