Originally posted by SIDIOUS 66
What does this have to do with Yoda's accomplishments that I've mentioned above? I never said Yoda was an omniscience being. Yoda did not like the idea of war, but what was he suppose to do? Allow separatists to conquer worlds while he sits and decides whether or not they should partake in the war? Sidious played his cards extremely well. That does not make Yoda unwise.Sidious also failed to foresee Vader turning on him. Does that negate his accomplishments?
Consider that Yoda, a religious leader independent of the Republic government, started the Clone Wars by attacking Geonosis. For that matter, not using any metaknowlege, why would the Separatists attack worlds that didn't agree to succeed? The Separatists didn't actually attack anyone, and as far as anyone is concerned, they apprehended a Jedi spy, a Republic Senator acting like some kind of commando, and another Jedi spy. It isn't open knowledge that Nute Gunray wanted Padme killed, nor is it apparent that the Jedi are being tossed into an arena, Nero style. The only thing Yoda knows is that Obi-wan got cut off mid transmission. He doesn't even know Anakin and Padme are there. In fact, they wouldn't have been there if Padme wasn't dumb as a fvcking stump.
Yoda, with his limited knowledge of what was going on, attacks a Separatist planet with an army of clones and Jedi. No one appears to object to this decision, no one in the Senate seems to care that one Jedi has just instigated a galactic civil war.
It isn't so much Palpatine's “brilliance” as it is Yoda's stupidity. Simply put, all of Yoda's "accomplishments" are informed abilities. We are told he is wise, we never see this so called wisdom besides some scenes in ESB.