answer:I referred to the essay that this came from in an earlier topic – not hard to find if you’re interested – this was another part of the same essay: “Contemplate the power of the phrase, “Shock and awe.” Plainly, if the Kaiser had only had shock and awe to employ on the march through Belgium in 1914, France would be speaking German today. It was only the lack of shock and awe that saved Britain during the Battle of Britain. Ney stood there at Waterloo, vainly shouting for Napoleon to, “Send in the shock and awe! Send in the shock and awe!.” Why, before the power of shock and awe, even the Emperor Mong stands helpless. “How do we know this? We know it because Tommy Franks’ staff prepared a plan, which was submitted, for the invasion of Iraq. That plan was initially rejected, as being sadly deficient in shock and awe. So Franks’ staff took the exact same plan, added in the phrase “shock and awe” something like 127 times, if I remember the number correctly, and it was then approved.” 3 The #3 footnote: This is the sober truth.