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In this time frame, the US and the UK have funded two wars in foreign lands and the Chinese have increased their military spending 217%. Master Tzu would be proud.
Related Sun Tzu Quotes from http://www.sonshi.com/sun2.html -
"If the army is exposed to a prolonged campaign, the nation's resources will not suffice."
"When weapons are blunted, and ardor dampened, strength exhausted, and resources depleted, the neighboring rulers will take advantage of these complications. Then even the wisest of counsels would not be able to avert the consequences that must ensue."
"Therefore, I have heard of military campaigns that were clumsy but swift, but I have never seen military campaigns that were skilled but protracted."
"No nation has ever benefited from protracted warfare."
Soon, either the US and the UK will be the first... Or Sun Tzu will be proven correct - again.
http://jnkish.blogspot.com/2009/12/friend-or-foe.htm
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