Samuel B. Griffith on the Way of the Cockroach (Patreon)

"Guerrilla war is not dependent for success on the efficient operation of complex mechanical devices, highly organized logistical systems, or the accuracy of electronic computers. It can be conducted in any terrain, in any climate, in any weather; in swamps, in mountains, in farmed fields. Its basic element is man, and man is more complex than any of his machines. He is endowed with intelligence, emotions, and will. Guerrilla warfare is therefore suffused with, and reflects, man’s admirable qualities as well as his less pleasant ones. While it is not always humane, it is human, which is more than can be said for the strategy of extinction."

•  [On Guerrilla Warfare - Kindle edition by Mao Tse-tung. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.] https://amzn.to/2Mm3Cgp
• [Amazon | On Guerrilla Warfare (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) (English Edition) [Kindle edition] by Mao Tse-tung, Samuel B Griffith | Military Science | Amazon.co.jpホーム] https://amzn.to/2MnWv79

We're not trying take over territory or harm people, but we could all do worse than to learn from this kind of resilience and versatility. On any terrain, in any climate, in any weather, from any country, we can learn, acquire, "master" our target language. (Ironically enough, in acquiring languages, it is somewhat-complex computer systems that give us much of this power, but they're only as complex as we need them to be, not gratuitously byzantine. And they're a huge improvement over "moving troops", as it were).