what is the meaning of the quote?
It’s an old Czech proverb – “po bitve je kadzy generalem”
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The implication in the use of the word ‘general’ is that those doing the analysis will often suggest that had they been in charge they would have done things differently and therefore achieved a better result.
The saying points up the irony of ‘being wise after the event’. Away from the immediacy of the ‘battle’, in the safety of hindsight, we re-play the event saying what ‘should’ have happened.
Something like : it is easy to talk, decide and judge after all is finished….
(after the battle, everyone is a general)…
I guess you could compare it to:
“Monday morning quarterback”…
basically meaning, once it’s over, everyone has advice how things could have been done better….
When the contest (or battle) is over, everyone thinks he could have done better than the leaders who were actually there.