Originally Posted by
DarkLink
Thing is, while they recommend flanking your opponent (because it is generally good advice, though moreso in real life when crossfire actually matters), they don't claim it's a free win. If you send a weak unit with limited capabilities out to do something that it cannot accomplish, you cannot expect for it to accomplish anything significant. So while it, on the surface, seems to follow the advice of the text, it really doesn't.
Outflanking confers an advantage, not total superiority. If you fail to properly take advantage of said advantage, the advantage you've taken advantage of won't matter, because your opponent has superior advantage in terms of firepower, so his advantages negate your advantages.
I only worded the last sentence like that because I thought it was funny.