"Denyav" wrote in message
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SNIP

Having a pound by pound superior military force is not a guarantee for
success
if your opponent has vastly bigger "numericals".
Thats the reality that King Leonidas discovered in Thermoplyae,
Confederates
during Civil War and Germans during WWII.

There are at least two things to remember about taking on a fight against
odds.

Never pick a fight against a bigger, meaner foe.
The other one was recounted by Emperor Napoleon: "God is on the side of the
bigger battalions."

Speaking of the latter two "causes", in both cases, they "ran wild", on the
offensive against befuddled opposition, for approximately three years, or
less. After that, it was all a downhill slide into abject defeat .
In both cases it is hard to find any redeeming qualities in the causes for
which they fought, albeit certain individuals fought for the causes with
considerable elan.