Here’s this week’s update for Sun-Tzu Sunday. Sun-Tzu was a military strategist of ancient China. Each week, I present an excerpt from his treatise The Art of War. This week’s entry comes from the second chapter, entitled The Waging of War:
In War,
Victory should be
Swift.
If victory is slow,
Men tire,
Morale sags.
Sieges
Exhaust strength;
Protracted campaigns
Strain the public treasury.
If men are tired,
Morale low,
Strength exhausted,
Treasure spent;
Then the feudal lords
Will exploit the disarray
And attack.
This even the wisest
Will be powerless
To mend.
I have heard that in war
Haste can be
Folly
But have never seen
Delay that was
Wise.
No nation has ever benefited
From a protracted war.
I’m not going to try to tie this one to modern business. Wow, sure sounds like the war in Iraq though, doesn’t it? What was the estimated cost of fielding our troops in Iraq, about $390,000 for one year for each soldier? Talk about a strain on the public treasury.
Check in next Sunday for another update.
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