09-04-2004, 01:03 PM
Yes, in fact, very close. The speech he is making is as regards a relatively new philosophy of urban warfare, called three block warfare, where the idea is that chaos can build up quickly on the battlefield and NCO's must be trained to deal with rapidly changing situations, rather than expecting higher-level officers to jump in. He compares this to the Varus situation and makes the justifiable claim that the chaos of the battle and the inability of the low-level officers to understand and react to the situation contributed to the slaughter, although there was a lot going on. But he goes on to give a lot of details about the troop types and such which suggest to me that he may, at least in part, have been thinking of something else from much later in Roman history.<br>
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I'll see if the fellow is on the internet anywhere. As far as we can tell, only one of his speeches has been declassified, but we understand that he likes making his Varus bit in the other speeches; obviously, we don't know for sure. <p></p><i></i>
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I'll see if the fellow is on the internet anywhere. As far as we can tell, only one of his speeches has been declassified, but we understand that he likes making his Varus bit in the other speeches; obviously, we don't know for sure. <p></p><i></i>
