The problem is that we are bound to hear about only the successful historical examples of such a strategy. Had Cortés’s strategy failed, he would have gone down in history – if he was remembered at all – as an arrogant fool who thought that he could defeat a great empire.
问题在于，我们注定只能听到运用此类策略获得成功的历史案例。如果寇蒂斯失败的话，他早就被遗忘在历史长河中了，即使被记住，也是作为愚蠢的自大狂——居然不自量力地想打败伟大的帝国。