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On (Risk)Assessment of Relative Strength
Vinaivaliyum
thanvaliyum
maatraan
valiyum
Thunaivaliyum
thookkichch
ceyal.
A
king
will
assess
the
force
he
needs,
the
force
at
his
disposal,
the
enemy"s
strength,
And
that
of
his
allies,
before
he
launches
on
an
operation.
A prudent king will surely make a careful assessment of the strength, that he needs for the successful implementation of his proposed enterprise, in relation to the strength he already has at his disposal, vis-À-vis the strength of the enemies" forces in the context of his own with reference to his allies" forces, before he decides to enter upon any warlike venture.
A parallel in Pazhamozhi is as follows:
“Thatrookith
thanthunaiyum
thookip
payanthooki
matravai
kolva
madhivalaar"
(Pazamozhi,
821)
In
the
recent
Gulf
War,
obviously
Saddam
Hussein
of
Iraq
did
not
follow
this
dictum,
in
particular
about
assessing
his
own
and
his
allies" strength
and
had
to
pay
heavily
for
it.
If
he
had
done
the
assessment
correctly
he
would
surely
have
listened
to
the
advice
of
the
Secretary
General
of
the
United
Nations
on
the
night
of
14th
January
1991,
and
agreed
for
the
gradual
withdrawal
from
Kuwait,
and
also
secured
peace
with
honour.
In
the
process,
he
would
have
possibly
become
a
hero
of
the
Arab
World
too!
In this context, attention is drawn to V.V.S Iyer"s footnote comment, where he says even a powerful king will fail if he wages war against too many, though not so powerful, enemies at the same time.
Thirukural
Thirukural is an ethical treatise belonging to Tamil classical literature. In Kural 471, Thiruvalluvar emphasises the need to implement risk assessment before a task is undertaken. Ramanandha Adigalar Foundation has made Thirukural available for a larger reading mass.
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