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-> ''Then everyone charges dramatically! The opposing force of bad guys, upon witnessing this charge, will form ranks; bracing in a defensive formation while deploying skirmishers to weaken the enemy advance. Oh, no wait. That's wrong. The bad guys might actually win if they do that. Instead, they'll charge too.''
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-->--'''Gordon Freeman,''' ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

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->''Whatever the name of this mission originally was, it's probably being called [[EpicFail Operation Fuckup]] by now. If I was in charge and [[OneManArmy one man was killing every single soldier I sent to kill him]], I would try something else.''
-->--'''Gordon Freeman,''' ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
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'''Saladin:''' The results of battles are determined by God. [[TheStrategist But also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease and the availability of water.]]. [[RealityEnsues One cannot maintain a siege with the enemy behind]]. How many battles did God win for the Muslims before I came? [[VerbalBackspace That is, before God determined that I should come]]?\\

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'''Saladin:''' The results of battles are determined by God. [[TheStrategist But also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease and the availability of water.]]. [[RealityEnsues water. One cannot maintain a siege with the enemy behind]].behind. How many battles did God win for the Muslims before I came? [[VerbalBackspace That is, before God determined that I should come]]?\\
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->'''The Mullah:''' Why did you retire? God did not favor [[TheGoodKing him]]. [[TheFundamentalist God alone determines the outcomes of battle]].\\
'''Saladin:''' The outcomes of battles are determined by God. [[TheStrategist But also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease and the availability of water. One cannot fight with his side unprotected]]. How many battles did we win before I came? [[VerbalBackspace That is, before God determined that I should come]]?\\

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->'''The Mullah:''' Why did you retire? God did not favor [[TheGoodKing him]]. [[TheFundamentalist God alone determines the outcomes results of battle]].\\
'''Saladin:''' The outcomes results of battles are determined by God. [[TheStrategist But also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease and the availability of water. ]]. [[RealityEnsues One cannot fight maintain a siege with his side unprotected]]. the enemy behind]]. How many battles did we God win for the Muslims before I came? [[VerbalBackspace That is, before God determined that I should come]]?\\
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->'''The Mullah:''' Why did you retire? God did not favor [[TheGoodKing him]]. [[TheFundamentalist God alone determines the outcomes of battle]].\\
'''Saladin:''' The outcomes of battles are determined by God. [[TheStrategist But also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease and the availability of water. One cannot fight with his side unprotected]]. How many battles did we win before I came? [[VerbalBackspace That is, before God determined that I should come]]?\\
'''The Mullah:''' ...[[KnowWhenToFoldThem Few enough]]. But that is because we were sinful.\\
'''Saladin:''' It is because you were ''unprepared''.
-->--''[[Film/KingdomOfHeaven Kingdom of Heaven]]''
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->''"Group up, and hit it 'til it dies!"''
-->--'''Suggested Strategy for Illfang and Gleam Eyes''', ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''
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->''I know, let's do a bang-up recreation of the average [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Imperial Guard]] assault, and send thousands of poorly armed and armoured infantry charging over open ground, completely unsupported by air or vehicle support, in an attempt to [[ZergRush numerically overwhelm]] a force that makes the [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Zerg]] look like a small cockroach infestation. [[SarcasmMode Bloody well-done, a triumph for military strategy everywhere, commendations all round, humanity will prevail]]. [[HumansAreMorons God is it any wonder most people who watch this film support the bugs]]?''

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->''I know, let's do a bang-up recreation of the average [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Imperial Guard]] assault, and send thousands of poorly armed and armoured infantry charging over open ground, completely unsupported by air or vehicle support, in an attempt to [[ZergRush numerically overwhelm]] a force that makes the [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Zerg]] look like a small cockroach infestation. [[SarcasmMode Bloody well-done, a triumph for military strategy everywhere, commendations all round, humanity will prevail]]. [[HumansAreMorons God is it any wonder most people who watch this film support the bugs]]?''



->''We were prepared for a full-on tactical assault. [[ThoseWackyNazis Instead we get a volley of swastika-covered dipshits]] [[LeeroyJenkins running dick-first into enemy territory.]] If you told me two years ago when we were starting or ending wars in the Middle East that we'd be fighting [[NinjaZombiepirateRobot Nazi vampires,]] [[BloodKnight I would have kissed you full on the mouth.]] Now? All I feel is robbed.''

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->''We were prepared for a full-on tactical assault. [[ThoseWackyNazis Instead we get a volley of swastika-covered dipshits]] [[LeeroyJenkins running dick-first into enemy territory.]] If you told me two years ago when we were starting or ending wars in the Middle East that we'd be fighting [[NinjaZombiepirateRobot [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazi vampires,]] [[BloodKnight I would have kissed you full on the mouth.]] Now? All I feel is robbed.''
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->''Well, this has been fun. Always nice playing audience to this menagerie you call a military.''
-->--'''Integra''', ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
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->'''Rico:''' Alright, you know what to do!
->'''Hauzer:''' A search and secure operation assisted by armour, artillery, direct-fire support weapons and orbital bombardment?
->'''Rico:''' No. We run around mob-handed, shooting our guns in the air!
-->-- ''Starship Hooters 3: Undresser''
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-->--'''YouTube Comment''' on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aswzBHKs12Y this scene]] from ''Film/StarshipTroopers''

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->''We were prepared for a full-on tactical assault. [[ThoseWackyNazis Instead we get a volley of swastika-covered dipshits]] [[LeeroyJenkins running dick-first into enemy territory.]] If you told me two years ago when we were starting or ending wars in the Middle East that we'd be fighting [[NinjaZombiepirateRobot Nazi vampires,]] [[BloodKnight I would have kissed you full on the mouth.]] Now? All I feel is robbed.''
-->--'''Pip Berdanotte''', ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
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-->--'''[[SFDebris SF Debris]] reviewing''' ''Clone Wars: Landing at Point Rain''

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-->--'''[[WebVideo/SFDebris Chuck Sonnenberg]] reviewing''' ''Clone Wars: Landing at Point Rain''

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->''With the Republic getting their asses kicked like this, well… sorry to armchair-general here, but shouldn't there have been some kind of fighter escort to protect their landing craft? Not to mention maybe bombing these emplacements outside the shields before even deploying the landing craft to the area, instead of just leaving them intact and then taking them out on the ground? I mean, this is the kind of thing that would have made Tennyson sarcastic! "Cannon to the right of them/Cannon to the left of them/Cannon in front of them/Into a [[PrecisionFStrike fuckload]] of cannons/Rode the noble dumbasses!"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/SFDebris Chuck Sonnenberg]] reviewing''' ''Clone Wars: Landing at Point Rain''
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->''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Modern Warfare 3]]'s plot makes its signature turn right around the bend when Russia invades Europe. As in, all of it. Simultaneously. Now I've never invaded Europe except for that one time, but I would think that's a project you might want to stagger out a bit if you haven't forged an alliance with any galactic empires lately!''
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->'''Trombley:''' Sergeant, I thought we would be crossing the bridge in the darkness?
->'''Person:''' Mm-mm. Not retarded enough.
-->--''Series/GenerationKill''
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->''I know, let's do a bang-up recreation of the average [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Imperial Guard]] assault, and send thousands of poorly armed and armoured infantry charging over open ground, completely unsupported by air or vehicle support, in an attempt to [[ZergRush numerically overwhelm]] a force that makes the [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Zerg]] look like a small cockroach infestation. [[SarcasmMode Bloody well-done, a triumph for military strategy everywhere, commendations all round, humanity will prevail]]. [[HumansAreMorons God is it any wonder most people who watch this film support the bugs]]?''
-->--'''YouTube Comment''' on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aswzBHKs12Y this scene]] from ''Film/StarshipTroopers''



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->"PolPot declared that if '''every''' Cambodian soldier killed '''30''' Vietnamese, the Khmer Rouge could win the war."

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->"[[PolPot]] declared that if '''every''' Cambodian soldier killed '''30''' Vietnamese, the Khmer Rouge could win the war."

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->"Pol Pot declared that if '''every''' Cambodian soldier killed '''30''' Vietnamese, the Khmer Rouge could win the war."

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->"Pol Pot declared that if '''every''' Cambodian soldier killed '''30''' Vietnamese, the Khmer Rouge could win the war."
-->-- '''http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/asia/magazine/1999/990823/pol_pot1.html'''

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-->-- '''[[{{Warhammer 40000}} Crimson Tears]]'''

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-> "The outcome of a battle depends solely on the number of troops in the field! Tactics and skill are nothing in the face of sheer numbers! Wait, are you laughing at me? Gah! Die, you insolent cur!"
-->-- Lombroso, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
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-> "The outcome of a battle depends solely on the number of troops in the field! Tactics and skill are nothing in the face of sheer numbers! Wait, are you laughing at me? Gah! Die, you insolent cur!"
-->-- Lombroso, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn

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