Maniobrar para lograr la debilidad del enemigo: La estrategia de maduración para la siega

MANEUVER THEM INTO WEAKNESS
THE RIPENING-FOR-THE-SICKLE STRATEGY

No matter how strong you are, fighting endless
battles with people is exhausting, costly, and
unimaginative. Wise strategists generally prefer the
art of maneuver: before the battle even begins, they
find ways to put their opponents in positions of such
weakness that victory is easy and quick. Bait
enemies into taking positions that may seem
alluring but are actually traps and blind alleys. If
their position is strong, get them to abandon it by
leading them on a wild-goose chase. Create
dilemmas: devise maneuvers that give them a
choice of ways to respond--all of them bad. Channel
chaos and disorder in their direction. Confused,
frustrated, and angry opponents are like ripe fruit on
the bough: the slightest breeze will make them fall.
Robert Greene

Warfare is like hunting. Wild animals are taken
by scouting, by nets, by lying in wait, by stalking,
by circling around, and by other such
stratagems rather than by sheer force. In waging
war we should proceed in the same way, whether
the enemy be many or few. To try simply to
overpower the enemy in the open, hand to hand
and face to face, even though you might appear
to win, is an enterprise which is very risky and
can result in serious harm. Apart from extreme
emergency, it is ridiculous to try to gain a victory
which is so costly and brings only empty glory....
BYZANTINE EMPEROR MAURIKIOS