![]() ![]() Yet motivating the troops to the point where they are ready to give their lives for the Cause, as well as each other, is much more so still. Organizing, equipping, supplying and training an army is difficult enough. Ancient or modern, what sets war apart is that this cooperation must be achieved and maintained in the face, not just of every kind of hardship but of an enemy who is deliberately trying to kill you. However, war is not like building a pyramid. To be sure, the requirement for cooperation is similar in peace and war. As, for example, when 100,000 men spent twenty years erecting the great pyramid at Giza. To accomplish anything great the cooperation of many people is required. When the bodies lie cold and stiff and the survivors mourn over them, those in charge have not done their duty, said the ancient Chinese commander/philosopher Wu Zu. ![]() That is why, though it may come but once in a hundred years, it must be prepared for every day. As current events in Tigray are showing once again, neither the old nor the young are immune against its horrors. When hard meets hard it rules over the existence of every single country, government, and individual. War is the most important thing in the world. ![]() While aimed at German readers and focusing on the state of the German Bundeswehr, I hope it will interest some non-German readers as well. Note: This is a somewhat edited version of an article I did for a German magazine. ![]()
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