Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-162.197.96.15-20150706055748/@comment-25555436-20150706200528

-So we have only seen 1 single Atlesian guy with any commandering role, who makes it more than obvious that he always wants to prove he has the Major D, and as such launches practically his entire army for problems that should at worst require 1/5 of said army, and you already think that is the backbone of Atlesian Military Doctrine? Don't jump too far into conclusions, Mario.

-It's still a waste of resources. Throwing a good number of robot soldiers into the city to finish the problem? Alright, understandable. Throwing practically the whole army just to deal with a few dozen of the lowest-ranking Grimm? That's a waste.

Why waste and potentially risk tens of thousands of soldiers when a hundred is more than enough for the job? It's like if you asked 12 of your friends to carry a TV for you when you at worst need 3 friends. Thank god they are robots.

-Just like his words don't mean the plan was going to be like that, just because he throws millions of robots at everything in sight it doesn't mean the whole Atlesian Doctrine is based on that. Besides, he could have, I don't know, sent some Atlesian Scouts first before trying to send the whole damn army. It's something so basic...hell, just a flying bot with a cam could have worked.

-Again, waste of resources. Sending the whole army to fix every problem, even small problems that only require a few squads of 4-6 soldiers in 4-6 different areas of a relatively-small city (heck, Penny alone counts as 1 whole squad). That is a waste of resources. Survivability was already guaranteed, for both civilians and the robots.

You said it yourself, "have soldiers in reserve for other purposes". So why send 1million to kill 40 weak Grimm, if you could just send 80 robots and leave the remaining 999.999.920 robots, counting Paladins and the Warships and the jets, to any other important task that surfaces? With just sending 40 alone was enough to prove the AKs effectiveness, let alone the Paladin's.

No good general in history sends his whole army to kill a bunch of enemies. Only North Korea does it, and see where that has taken them. A good general knows how many soldiers to send to each situation, not to dumb them all in 1 single minor issue. Have you seen any government, old and present, send their whole army just to kill a few dozens of enemies? The Persians haven't, the Romans haven't, the USA hasn't, no one has. Ever. For good reason.