"The tactical result of an engagement forms the base for new strategic decisions because victory or defeat in a battle changes the situation to such a degree that no human acumen is able to see beyond the first battle. In this sense one should understand Napoleon's saying: "I have never had a plan of operations." Therefore no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force." Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
That's the origin of the boiled down phrase "no plan survives contact with the enemy."
And in keeping with the "face palm slap" simplicity of that statement the cause is obvious: the enemy has his own plan that probably doesn't agree with yours, except in a few very horrific examples.
The Kurds have obviously studied the fates of their neighbors, the Armenians, and that of Europe's Jews. They have no intention of allowing the Turks to work their plan of Kurdish extermination. The Turks are no patsies. They may well get their way with the Kurds. But depend on the Kurds to make sure it won't be easy or cheap. And they don't give a damn who does or does not support their determination to survive. Ask Sadam, Asad or ISIS.
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PKK are diehard communists, regular kurds want nothing to do with them.
do not confuse the PKK with the Peshmurga.
"The tactical result of an engagement forms the base for new strategic decisions because victory or defeat in a battle changes the situation to such a degree that no human acumen is able to see beyond the first battle. In this sense one should understand Napoleon's saying: "I have never had a plan of operations."
Therefore no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force." Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
That's the origin of the boiled down phrase "no plan survives contact with the enemy."
And in keeping with the "face palm slap" simplicity of that statement the cause is obvious: the enemy has his own plan that probably doesn't agree with yours, except in a few very horrific examples.
The Kurds have obviously studied the fates of their neighbors, the Armenians, and that of Europe's Jews. They have no intention of allowing the Turks to work their plan of Kurdish extermination. The Turks are no patsies. They may well get their way with the Kurds. But depend on the Kurds to make sure it won't be easy or cheap. And they don't give a damn who does or does not support their determination to survive. Ask Sadam, Asad or ISIS.
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