:::::::By comparison, the Schleiffen plan relied on presenting the world with a ''fait accompli'', such as (1) Hitler did when he re-occupied the Rhineland and Anschluss, (2) Putin did in recognition Abkazia and annexation of Crimea,or (3) the Islamic State did in the occupation of Mosul. The gamble is, after the fact, nobody is willing to go to war to undo it. This isn't really the way to conduct [[foreign policy]], especially when you advertise and train for it for 20 years, and get most people at home and abroad accepting it. | :::::::By comparison, the Schleiffen plan relied on presenting the world with a ''fait accompli'', such as (1) Hitler did when he re-occupied the Rhineland and Anschluss, (2) Putin did in recognition Abkazia and annexation of Crimea,or (3) the Islamic State did in the occupation of Mosul. The gamble is, after the fact, nobody is willing to go to war to undo it. This isn't really the way to conduct [[foreign policy]], especially when you advertise and train for it for 20 years, and get most people at home and abroad accepting it. |