Combat against an invulnerable enemy becomes an inquiry into his body’s flaw

Evidence

This warning may also be read as a prescription: when faced with an enemy who is seemingly invulnerable or who wishes to be so, find the fault, seek out the Achilles’ heel. Everything depends upon discovering in what way the seemingly invulnerable one is vulnerable. Combat presupposes an inquiry, and that inquiry concerns the body of the enemy. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 292

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Combating an invulnerable-seeming enemy requires finding their hidden weak point; Any attempt to achieve invulnerability engenders a corresponding vulnerability. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 291; Combatants grasp their own essence only by being the object of an opponent’s weapon — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 611 (+2 more)

Related

• Combating an invulnerable-seeming enemy requires finding their hidden weak point (similarity 0.91)
• Any attempt to achieve invulnerability engenders a corresponding vulnerability. (similarity 0.89)
• Attempts to achieve invulnerability always engender a corresponding vulnerability (similarity 0.86)
• Combatants grasp their own essence only by being the object of an opponent’s weapon (similarity 0.84)
• Dominant powers codified their own practical invulnerability as the overriding war norm (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Combatants grasp their own essence only by being the object of an opponent’s weapon #expands (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 611
• Extreme asymmetry in vulnerability transforms war into hunting or slaughter #expands (0.50) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 332