Talk:Fong/@comment-75.206.225.166-20120615031631

To the argument about General Fong's tactics: It is correct that his general idea was sound. The problem is, it's a lot like sending infantry and bombing strikes to the same location. By that I mean, it is theoretically a devestating assault, but in practice, you have to hope that you're not off by the tiniest margin, or else you'll be destroying at least as many of your own troops as you are the enemy's.

Without coming up with a way to control the Avatar State, he was basically just hoping that the Avatar Spirit would cooperate with his plan, and not simply kill him for putting the Avatar in danger.

As far as tactics go, it was actually a bad strategy, because it was such a gamble. It could have either been a rousing success or a horrible tragedy. But it could be improved by researching the ins & outs of the Avatar State, so he wasn't "tampering with forces beyond his comprehension," as it were. This was more-or-less the plan adopted by Aang and the Guru in the next season.

You can't predict luck, but you can predict cause-&-effect, which is why plans with dependable results are preferred.