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Old 07-09-2008, 10:09 AM   #21 (permalink)
dlish
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ive always got every option open.

maybe thats why i procrastinate so much..but at the end of the day everyhing gets done and i wonder why i procrastinated so much when i should have just done the deed.

its interesting to read about that chinese general. for what its worth i recall two times when something like this happened...

The moors of Spain at the time when they conquered Andalusia came on a ship. their general ( i think it was Tariq Bin Ziad) burnt their ship and told them that their was no turning back. It was also a defining moment, and they went on to conquer Spain.

the other example in islamic history where this has occured, where Libyan resistance fighters fighting Mussolini would strap their legs together out in the middle of the desert when ambushing the Italian tanks. it stopped them from running away and it was do or die. It was during the time of Omar Mukhtar in the 1930s and was made into a movie starring Anthony Quinn called the Lion of the Desert.

heres an excerpt from wiki

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The year is 1929 and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) is still faced with the 20-year long war waged by patriots in Libya to combat Italian colonization and the establishment of 'The Fourth Shore' - the rebirth of a Roman Empire in Africa. Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani (Oliver Reed) as his sixth governor to Libya, confident that the eminently accredited soldier can crush the rebellion and restore the dissipated glories of Imperial Rome.

Inspirational in the resistance towards the oppressors is the leadership of one man - Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn). A teacher by profession, guerilla by obligation, Mukhtar has committed himself to a war that cannot be won in his own lifetime. Arrogant imperialist and ideological visionary - the conflict is between two implacable enemies. Graziani controls North Africa with the might of the Italian Army. Tanks and airplanes are used in the desert for the first time. Despite their bravery, the Libyan Arabs and Berbers suffered heavy losses, their primitive weaponry no match for mechanised warfare; despite all this, they continued the fight, and managed to keep the Italians from achieving complete victory for twenty years.

Although Omar Mukhtar and his fellow warriors used primitive weaponry, General Rodolfo Graziani admitted and witnessed the greatness and skill of Omar in waging guerilla warfare. Furthermore, in one of the scenes Omar showed the real man inside when he refused to kill a young officer who is weaponless and instead gave him Italy's flag to return with. Omar assured that according to Islam they do not kill captured soldiers and only fight for their homeland, to fight only out of necessity/obligation, and that they are taught to hate war itself.
dont mean to make this a political discussion. just thought it was relevant seeing the actions of the chinese general and wonder if they took from him his ideas.
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