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[Yaya]

WSJ: What is North Korea learning about South Korea�s military?

Mr. Bermudez: The North Koreans, like many military academies around the world, study the teachings of Sun Tzu, the Chinese strategist. The North Koreans truly embrace his writings. One of the lessons is basically to provoke your enemy and ascertain the way he moves. The North Koreans have done this repeatedly.

What happens, and it happens in all militaries, is that South Korea�s military had became too predictable. That�s hard to prevent. It�s hard to fight predictability and routine. Hopefully, this will be a wakeup call to the South Korea military that something different needs to be done.

http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2010/12/23/more-on-yeonpyeong-how-nk-did-it/tab/print/

[nathanrutledge]

Excellent find, yaya. Very sobering assessments...

[machoman]

i need to pick up a copy of art of war and read it. i heard japanese businessmen are required to read it.

[Junior]