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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Or, they can go ahead and walk into that buzz saw.
orangecrush
(19,570 posts)who met with Pompeo probably gave them marching orders.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Great reading!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Sun Tzu could never have imagined facing an enemy with the combined IQ of a glass of sewer water.
orangecrush
(19,570 posts)"Stupid" is in the White House.
We haven't lost, we are in a different position in the game now.
Being realistic about that and planning a course back to power is our smart move.
triron
(22,006 posts)orangecrush
(19,570 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)... for purposes of deception, and allowing our spies to know of them and report them to the enemy.
orangecrush
(19,570 posts)Was way ahead of the Trump cabal.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment that which they cannot anticipate.
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
orangecrush
(19,570 posts)is a Grandmaster.