"If I can't have it, make sure my competition can't have it either."

This principle is one of the truths that applies not only to the history of warfare but also to international relations and trade.

The reasoning behind it is very simple.

If I can’t have something, and my opponent can’t have it either, then neither of us gains anything.

But if my enemy gains something that I can’t possess?

Then I’m at a disadvantage in the fight with them, depending on what they’ve gained.

‘That’s why armies don’t just hastily retreat without destroying their supplies.’

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