Do we have one on this board?

Actually, I read the same article. And history covers these issues fairly well.

"Any plan which does not include feeding your troops for days at a time probably isn't a good plan."

T'ai Kung, "Six Secret Teachings", Eleventh Century B.C.E.

"At the peril of your mission remember that each person fighting in the desert needs water daily. And very often expects it."

The Wei Liao-tzu, Fourth Century B.C.E.

"And so do the people being liberated."

The Wei Liao-tzu, somewhat later in the Fourth Century B.C.E.

"Nothing liberates a soul so thoroughly as a spear through the back."

Genghis Khan, Twelfth Century C.E.

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