Quitch wrote:
I don't think the AI lets you get away with invading with
one unit either... though I haven't tried.
I know this is old, but...
Actually, invading with one unit against the AI is quite attractive, and I picked up that nasty habit from playing the scenarios. Because of the AI's love of LAVs and Mortars as gorrillas, it is very tempting to send one LAV to die against the gorrillas, then sit back and pound the AI's units with rocket launchers and planes. In this manner you lose only the first unit, while if you join a border fight you take more damage.
Obviously in the long run this is not a good tactic, as the AI continues to get resources from that country, but in my limited tactical knowledge of the time I liked it better, if only because I lost less units. Of course trying this against a human player you'll find yourself in very bad positions...