by Orlando E. de Leon
Please consider this as a product of a quarantined mind, hence an idle one. It does not intend to hurt sensibilities, but rather to provoke some thoughts, not a fight. Hehehe.
One of the principles of war is “simplicity.” A war plan, or an action plan for that matter, should be kept as simple as possible, so that a private can understand it. Keep in mind that only a handful of generals and officers make the plan. A multitude of soldiers, who has no idea what these generals and officers are thinking, will execute the plan. Picture that out.
I have an aversion to plans that are more of a display of English proficiency and political correctness than straightforward language.
War is chaos. A plan intends to manage this chaos. This is why most plans focus on the essential tasks each and every one will perform. Likewise, each and every individual should know and understand the importance of each task in the whole scheme.
Why am I saying all of these? Well, because I see a weakness in our defense plan. Why defense plan? Because we have not invented the weapon to fight the enemy, yet. Hence, we cannot go on the offensive.
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