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LTC, USA, Ret.
Mattis is a student of Sun Tzu, the philosopher general of ancient China.
“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.” Sun Tzu
“He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.” Sun Tzu
Excellent article. His interview at the Heritage Foundation should be mandatory viewing for all Americans, especially the ones who think he is a blood-thirsty warmonger.
That is a great read! Thanks for posting it!
Unbelievably impressive. Not only the man, but the man who has selected him.
To heck with Sun Tzu:
“I’m going to plead with you, do not cross us. Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years.”
and
“Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they’re so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.”
- Gen. James Mattis
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LTC, USA, Ret.
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I, too, studied Sun Tzu.
One of the things he advocated, Western countries almost never follow.
To paraphrase Sun Tzu, “As you move through the enemy’s country, pillage it so that your forces grow stronger while the enemy becomes weaker”.
Applied to the Middle East, I think that means seizing the oil resources as we attack. What if the islamonazis knew that we would take their oil if they were implicated in attacking us (specifically thinking of the Saudis)?
Applied to a political situation, I think it is wise to go after the financial portfoilios of leftist foundations and individuals who have committed crimes. For example, I think the misdeeds of the Clinton Foundation should result in their resources ending up in the Federal Treasury.
This is why I think it is so important to prosecute crimes such as vote fraud, so the government can seize the assets of the perps.
Awesome. I’m excited about the Mattis pick. Can’t wait to see what he does. Put good people in power and good things happen.