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:I try to make the point in the article is that Schleiffen almost certainly knew his plan was unworkable. Why propose it? It was a tool to get more resources from the German government -- and possibly a form of psychological warfare to scare the French. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 19:26, 20 May 2017 (EDT)
:I try to make the point in the article is that Schleiffen almost certainly knew his plan was unworkable. Why propose it? It was a tool to get more resources from the German government -- and possibly a form of psychological warfare to scare the French. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 19:26, 20 May 2017 (EDT)
::It needs to be viewed in the context of military planning. This was Plan A against the No.1 threat. So there were daily updates for two decades before 1914; boot camp training was all about loading and unloading with you gear on a train; the train station terminal at Cologne was redesigned and rebuilt with this in mind to facilitate off-loading and fast transfer of troops to the front; technological improvements of the day get incorporated into the drills and planning; the planning activity itself produces technical improvements. Ultimately, after decades of expense, the investment itself becomes reason to use it. But when German policymakers then made the decision, suddenly their were second thoughts about the reality of it. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Lock Up The Coup Plotters!'']]</sup> 19:38, 20 May 2017 (EDT)
::It needs to be viewed in the context of military planning. This was Plan A against the No.1 threat. So there were daily updates for two decades before 1914; boot camp training was all about loading and unloading with you gear on a train; the train station terminal at Cologne was redesigned and rebuilt with this in mind to facilitate off-loading and fast transfer of troops to the front; technological improvements of the day get incorporated into the drills and planning; the planning activity itself produces technical improvements. Ultimately, after decades of expense, the investment itself becomes reason to use it. But when German policymakers then made the decision, suddenly their were second thoughts about the reality of it. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Lock Up The Coup Plotters!'']]</sup> 19:38, 20 May 2017 (EDT)
::IOW, the Schlieffen Plan was not a dusty file folder lying at the bottom of a file cabinet, as some try to make it in the post-1945 pacifist era. It was an "active contingincy plan", much like any schoolchild can tell you what Mutual Assired Destruction is.
::It's key elements were violating Belgian neutrality, risking war with Great Britain, and fast mobilization to the front. But such was the level of paranoid thinking common soldiers and citizens deemed necessary in the interests of national security. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Lock Up The Coup Plotters!'']]</sup> 20:15, 20 May 2017 (EDT)