fortep October 16th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Phil—von Molke was pretty much paraphrasing Robert Burns: "The best laid plans of mice and men go often askew." Even more prescient is the last verse of Burn’s poem: "But och! I backward cast my eye / On prospects drear! / An’ forward tho’ I canna see, / I guess an’ fear! " But if there’s something von Molke can contribute to our current climate, it’s that in his planning for wargames, he painted the enemy as red and the good guys as blue.
October 16th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Phil—von Molke was pretty much paraphrasing Robert Burns: "The best laid plans of mice and men go often askew." Even more prescient is the last verse of Burn’s poem: "But och! I backward cast my eye / On prospects drear! / An’ forward tho’ I canna see, / I guess an’ fear! " But if there’s something von Molke can contribute to our current climate, it’s that in his planning for wargames, he painted the enemy as red and the good guys as blue.