As the name suggests, the popular phrase "take advantage of your illness to kill you" means: take the opportunity to kill others when they are unlucky, which is also the meaning of "falling into the well". Because of its "immorality", it is often despised by people. However, if it rises to the competitive level, it is a different story.
If "taking advantage of your illness to kill you" is used in business, sports, or even political competition, it will only give people the feeling that "winning is not glamorous", but it is still in line with the rules. And if it is used in the international strategic game, it is a commendable "strategy", and there is no moral immorality.
If it is extended to the level of "destined opponent" or "lifelong enemy", if you don't start when it is weak, you are not destined to be a "ruthless person". If you do the opposite, but go to "send charcoal in the snow", you will become "Mr. Dongguo".
If you keep your opponent alive when he is sick, it's not just a matter of being ruthless, it means that you have no "strategy" to speak of, and you are doomed to lose in the game. To put it bluntly, that is tantamount to leaving "endless troubles" for future generations.
To put it bluntly, in the international strategic game, the Americans and the Russians are both "horns" who can be ruthless, and they have not done anything less than "taking advantage of your illness to kill you", but the methods and purposes are different.
In the Crimean War of 1853-1856, Tsarist Russia was defeated, Tsar Nicholas I "committed suicide", and Russia even "sold Alaska cheaply" for this. Needless to say, Russia is "sick", weak, or "unlucky". But even so, it was still able to "ruthlessly" blackmail the Qing Dynasty, which was even more unlucky than it.
In May 1858, the Anglo-French forces invaded Tianjin and threatened Beijing. At this juncture, Tsarist Russia, which had not yet woken up from the horror of the defeat in Crimea, opened the mode of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you" against the Qing Dynasty.
Almost at the same time as the Anglo-French army invaded Tianjin, the Russian governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov, took the opportunity to sail to Aihui with his troops and ships, and presented the draft treaty drawn up by the Russian side to the Qing Dynasty, forcing the Qing Dynasty to sign the Treaty of Aihui on May 28, 1858, and the Qing Dynasty lost 600,000 square kilometers of territory.
Tsarist Russia itself was "sick", but it was able to ruthlessly "blackmail" the Qing Dynasty, which was weaker than it. Therefore, we never believe that there is any such thing as "cold lips and teeth" and "shelter from the wind and rain" among the major powers. Moreover, he always firmly believed that if the Qing Dynasty was forced by the West to the current situation of Russia, the Russians would never "hand over a straw". Because they have the game strategy of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you" in their genes.
I have to say that the Americans are also a "master" of playing the strategy of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you". It's just that they differ from Russia in a different way and for their purposes. For example, the Russians like to "overlord hard bow" and "light up their eyes" when they see the land. The United States, on the other hand, pursues the theory of "transformation and control," that is, "transforming you" when you are weak, and the purpose is naturally to "use it for our own use."
In World War II, the United States took the opportunity to occupy Japan, and with it, MacArthur carried out a deep transformation of Japan. What are the consequences of this "transformation"? When MacArthur left, many Japanese people spontaneously went to the airport to see him off, what did it mean? Explain that from now on, Japan will be used by the United States. The same is true of the "strategy" of the United States towards Germany.
After the end of World War II, the territory of the Soviet Union increased a lot compared to before the war, while the United States had "not an inch of land". To put it bluntly, they are all the same "taking advantage of your illness to kill you", but the methods and purposes of the United States and the Soviet Union are still different. However, one thing is certain, that is, they are all able to "put their hearts down" and get what they want.
From the perspective of international games, especially after the factor of "destined lifelong opponent", "taking advantage of your illness to kill you" is a "strategy" without moral factors. As for the theories of "sending charcoal in the snow" and "continuing life", it is even more appropriate to "Mr. Dongguo". To put it bluntly, the miss of a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity is tantamount to leaving a "future trouble" for future generations. Because there is no time to lose.