Above all remember this: “There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare." ”
The Art of War Quotes
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the
result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every
victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor
yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance
without fighting.”
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you
move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while
defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to
attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive;
when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far
away, we must make him believe we are near.”
“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If
he is in superior strength, evade him. 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, appear where you are not expected .”
“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a
matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a
subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”
“Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
“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.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged
warfare.”
“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack
like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.”
“When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve
them. When settled, make them move.”
“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity”
“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they
will follow you into the deepest valley.”
“When you surround an army, beware! Do not press a desperate foe too hard. Never
let your enemy get into a psychological state of thinking he has nothing to
lose with outrageous risks”
“There are not more than twelve musical notes, yet the
combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
There are not more than three primary colours, yet in combination
they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
There are not more than four cardinal tastes, yet combinations of
them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.”
There are not more than three primary colours, yet in combination
they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
There are not more than four cardinal tastes, yet combinations of
them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.”
“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at
what is weak.”
“One may know how to conquer without being able to do it. ”
“To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the
acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill”
“What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only
wins, but excels in winning with ease.”
“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will
be victorious.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
And now for a few closing thoughts. Thom Hartman does not believe Democrats should press the matter about Supreme Court nominations to our democratic base in terms of turning out that base to vote for democratic senate candidates. Hartman is making a gross error in logic. The Republicans will do this very thing with FOX news and the game- - to make the Supreme Court nominations an issue WHETHER WE DO ANYTHING OR NOT so it is pointless NOT to fight back on this issue. When you have the moral high ground my philosophy is to charge forward with all guns blazing on this issue! The last five Sun Tsu sayings appear to be from a different web site than the others. (If I don't know, who does?)
In this late afternoon update, courtessy Norman Goldman, it almost sounds like a 'police riot" because it appears to be the police who escalated the situation. I was told it wasn't tear gas that was used, and not chlorine gas either, but CS gas, which is a type of neuro toxin, like bug spray for humans, that makes your nervous system go nuts, and eventually results in death. It would appear from the armored vehicles that it was like Beirut in the 'eighties or something. As to the two reporters arrested- - I still don't know WHY these two reporters in a Mac Donalds were arrested. Maybe someone can explain it to me. Also there is a glairing inconsistency and I'll pay Sean Hannity a million dollars I haven't got if he can address what I'm about to say now- - when the government confronted Cliven Bundy- - it was Bundy who told the government 'You have no right to be here. This is my land!" Armed to the teeth and threatening government people with their weapons and it was the government who backed off because they want "want another Ruby Ridge". Since the days of Ruby Ridge and Waco, it seems there has been some major "shift' in the way the government handles right wingers. And when the Tea Part people show up at Obama rallies wielding weapons - and being mennacing, they aren't tear gassed or have concussion weapons used on them. Why the difference? It looks like race to me? Can you find any other variable that has changed?
Hartman points out that rather than feeling beseiged with all the crime making the cops battle weary or something in a suburb of St Louis- - quite the opposite is true. They are agressive twords Blacks and other protestors NOT because they are under so much of a work load, but because THEY ARE BORED. Most of the time police drive around with nothing to do - nobody to bust because it's a peaceful community, and they need to DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. Bush has his own stimulus plan after 9 - 11 where it was like a rummage sale on anti terrorism stuff and fancy mileristic equipment the police would never use- - but they take the stuff anyhow because it's free and the government is giving it to them. And now they go looking for trouble. And they have a fear of groups like "Occupy Wall Street", which regarded as a bad idea at the time because we couldn't win, not in today's police state where the authorities work hand in glove with the media to NOT cover it except in the most adverse of ways. The authorities see us as the unwashed rabble and potentially dangerous. Charles Manson was convicted of murder over twenty years ago yet his philosophy on race is alive and well in police departments. I've heard roomers from divorce sources that the government forsees some all out RACE WAR and a war they must win at all costs!
The XL Pipeline is more dangerous to the environment than anybody dared to believe. Because now they say the whole purpose of the Republicans favoring it was not because it will help the United States out- - but t gin up World Wide Demand at a time when the rest of the world is giving up petroleum products due to environmental concerns. They see this pipeline as a turning of the tide on world oppinion if they can once again flood the world with cheap oil and therefore increase C0 2 emissions and cause nations to delay or abandon alternative energy sources and give the oil companies once again Undisputed Leadership.
The truth you need to know about the god of Christian theology is this. This God is unchanging and can't be swayed by anything a human being does, is not swayed from his plans in the least by emotion or anything else. This God is never in a position to never have to react to anything new or ever learn anything new he didn't already know. This god cares little in fact, for what we humans call "being alive". After all Chuck Smith and others teach that the worst thing about being alive is that you eventually Die. And Chuck would seemingly pay ANY price in order for possible risk of Death to NOT be a possibility. Everything I've said in this paragraph of course- - could apply to anything that's Dead already and not alive. Does any of this bother you?
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
And now for a few closing thoughts. Thom Hartman does not believe Democrats should press the matter about Supreme Court nominations to our democratic base in terms of turning out that base to vote for democratic senate candidates. Hartman is making a gross error in logic. The Republicans will do this very thing with FOX news and the game- - to make the Supreme Court nominations an issue WHETHER WE DO ANYTHING OR NOT so it is pointless NOT to fight back on this issue. When you have the moral high ground my philosophy is to charge forward with all guns blazing on this issue! The last five Sun Tsu sayings appear to be from a different web site than the others. (If I don't know, who does?)
In this late afternoon update, courtessy Norman Goldman, it almost sounds like a 'police riot" because it appears to be the police who escalated the situation. I was told it wasn't tear gas that was used, and not chlorine gas either, but CS gas, which is a type of neuro toxin, like bug spray for humans, that makes your nervous system go nuts, and eventually results in death. It would appear from the armored vehicles that it was like Beirut in the 'eighties or something. As to the two reporters arrested- - I still don't know WHY these two reporters in a Mac Donalds were arrested. Maybe someone can explain it to me. Also there is a glairing inconsistency and I'll pay Sean Hannity a million dollars I haven't got if he can address what I'm about to say now- - when the government confronted Cliven Bundy- - it was Bundy who told the government 'You have no right to be here. This is my land!" Armed to the teeth and threatening government people with their weapons and it was the government who backed off because they want "want another Ruby Ridge". Since the days of Ruby Ridge and Waco, it seems there has been some major "shift' in the way the government handles right wingers. And when the Tea Part people show up at Obama rallies wielding weapons - and being mennacing, they aren't tear gassed or have concussion weapons used on them. Why the difference? It looks like race to me? Can you find any other variable that has changed?
Hartman points out that rather than feeling beseiged with all the crime making the cops battle weary or something in a suburb of St Louis- - quite the opposite is true. They are agressive twords Blacks and other protestors NOT because they are under so much of a work load, but because THEY ARE BORED. Most of the time police drive around with nothing to do - nobody to bust because it's a peaceful community, and they need to DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. Bush has his own stimulus plan after 9 - 11 where it was like a rummage sale on anti terrorism stuff and fancy mileristic equipment the police would never use- - but they take the stuff anyhow because it's free and the government is giving it to them. And now they go looking for trouble. And they have a fear of groups like "Occupy Wall Street", which regarded as a bad idea at the time because we couldn't win, not in today's police state where the authorities work hand in glove with the media to NOT cover it except in the most adverse of ways. The authorities see us as the unwashed rabble and potentially dangerous. Charles Manson was convicted of murder over twenty years ago yet his philosophy on race is alive and well in police departments. I've heard roomers from divorce sources that the government forsees some all out RACE WAR and a war they must win at all costs!
The XL Pipeline is more dangerous to the environment than anybody dared to believe. Because now they say the whole purpose of the Republicans favoring it was not because it will help the United States out- - but t gin up World Wide Demand at a time when the rest of the world is giving up petroleum products due to environmental concerns. They see this pipeline as a turning of the tide on world oppinion if they can once again flood the world with cheap oil and therefore increase C0 2 emissions and cause nations to delay or abandon alternative energy sources and give the oil companies once again Undisputed Leadership.
The truth you need to know about the god of Christian theology is this. This God is unchanging and can't be swayed by anything a human being does, is not swayed from his plans in the least by emotion or anything else. This God is never in a position to never have to react to anything new or ever learn anything new he didn't already know. This god cares little in fact, for what we humans call "being alive". After all Chuck Smith and others teach that the worst thing about being alive is that you eventually Die. And Chuck would seemingly pay ANY price in order for possible risk of Death to NOT be a possibility. Everything I've said in this paragraph of course- - could apply to anything that's Dead already and not alive. Does any of this bother you?
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