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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2334873" data-attributes="member: 19675">While this was meant as comment on how politicians present war to their constituents, it applies in equal force to the way a war is prosecuted.Much of war and combat is about making your enemy think one thing before you do another in order to gain tactical advantage.A feint in solo combat is obviously an example of this- and many tactical maneuvers are nothing more than feints on the scale of massed forces.A tactical retreat is designed to make your opponent think you are fleeing part of the battlefield in order to get him to pursue you into a battlespace of your chosing where you have the advangage.  You have made your opponent think he's routing your troops, even as he heads into ambush.For many months before D-Day, the Allies made certain troop movements with the intent of making the Germans move their troops.  Those resultant movements opened up gaps in Germany's forces that the Allies exploited.Camouflage, smoke screens, potemkin villages and so forth disguise troop strength or movement in a particular area, either making the opponent delay action, expend resources or otherwise act in ways that are contrary to their actual best interest.In all of these cases (and more), you make the opponent act the way you want through deception- you are altering his thought processes.  It is no less thought manipulation than conning a granny into giving up her nest egg.</blockquote>

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