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Originally posted by Solid
If the Powell Doctrine...the force, when used, should be overwhelming and disproportionate to the force used by the enemy;...
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...we THOUGHT we had deployed sufficient forces to achieve our objectives. As long as the side is deploying what it sees as the correct number of assets to achieve its objectives, I think the Powell doctrine, and Clausewitz, for that matter, hold.
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Excuse me for being a bit slow here, but don't you always want to deploy a sufficient number of troops? If you think what you're doing is not enough, and keep doing it... DARWIN!
Clausewitz, On War; there is a chapter called Superiority of Numbers, book three, chapter 8. You might want to check it out. It, together with the Strategic Reserve chapter, basically states his thoughts about overwhelming troop allocation, reserve of them in strategy and tactics, number counting theory to predict war, etc.
I think you need more than just the numbers, at least regarding Clausewitz. I haven't read anything about Powell and Weinberger.
Just my uneducated mind, hope that helps.
If you want to know the source of something, OIF planning, why do you go through all the doctrines first? Wouldn't it be wiser to try to find out the patterns of OIF and then see what fits?
No offense, just a thought.
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