Based on the answers to the following questions, the outcome of a war can be forecast:
1) Which party has the strongermoral cause?
2) Which has the better general?
3) Which has the advantage of climate and terrain?
4) Which has the superior army- better tained officers, more disciplined men, order and efficient management, a better system of rewards and punishment?

This came from "The Art of War" which is a treatise on Chinese military science compled at around 500 B.C. Just thought that however long ago 500 B.C. is, the same questions still apply to wars we have today. Which makes me wonder at the ancient Chinese... how much knowledge did they acquire in their studies to be able to supply, until today, the basic principles behind most of the more intricate objects or events that we have in this world. How much did they understand about how humanity worked?