Thread by @ThyConsigliori

John Minford, #SunTzu 3:10 "In war with forces ten to the enemy's one, surround him; with five attack him; with two, split in half. If equally matched, fight it out; if fewer in number, lie low; if weaker, escape."

Who remembers proof from high school geometry? Almost everyone in my high school hated it, passionately. Almost everyone I've ever asked in adult life remembers hating it. Me? I'm weird. I loved it. I still do. I love this verse. It is a proof, a geometric proof.

Here's a big term, very intellectual, even highfalutin: Personal Epistemology. I don't judge you for hating that term. Who speaks in such terms? Still, I propose it is worth your effort. Let's begin by breaking down the term epistemology. Log come from the Greek word for logic.

Logy means study, or study of. Epi means big, or over. Epistem means thinking, or knowledge. So, putting the pieces back together again, epistemology means the study of knowing. How do we know things? What do we really know? How certain can we be that we know?

Well, here's something you can know! if you have forces that are ten times greater than your enemy's, all you have to do is surround him. Nothing else. Just happily drink tea while you wait for him to surrender. He can't do diddly. Wait him out. Don't shoot a shot.

That, by the way, would be how you take his entire army intact, with no fighting, that is, whenever it is possible. Think Golf War I. We basically surrounded Saddam with ten times his fire power. Done.

With five times more soldiers attack. Victory, although inclusive of much killing, will be easy. With two times more soldiers, split your enemy in half. Consider the impact. Your enemy knows he's already lost whether he realizes it or not.

But why would we fight it out if merely equally matched? Because we have better morale, better command, we serve the will of heaven, we've assessed the placement of earth and have determined we have earth on our side, a tactical advantage, our discipline is better than theirs.

Here's an interesting distinction. If fewer, but barely fewer, lie low. What does it mean to lie low? Tuck your head down. Now you're lower than you were before. Do NOT stand tall, rather, lie low. Dodge. Evade. Step back. Void. Don't let me get started on the power of voiding!

If weaker, escape. Jail break yourself. Get out of Dodge. There is honor in walking away. When you know you'll die, walk away. Sneak away. Get out of reach of your enemy's sword. Go tactical with me again. Your enemy strikes. He commits to his strike. You step out of reach.

Who remembers the movie Pappillon? The butterfly? Or, The Count of Montecristo? Escape.

When you're the person who is outnumbered, escape is the right thing to do.

Logical proof. Tactics. Who knew? I can tell you. You won't enjoy it, but here it is. Isaac Newton. He knew. He feared that his work would be deemed nothing more than the servant of Euclid and Descartes. Who? If you don't know them, please, look them up!

Math. Proof. Logic, Greek logic. The moment you know you can defeat your enemy, you have attained proof. Your proof may be right or wrong. Battle will tell. But if you're weaker than your enemy, escape. Live to fight another day.

America herself is under attack. I don't believe the attackers have diddly squat. They attack from below. They should be escaping right now, going back into hiding. The socialists have nothing, not one thing to offer. Idiocy and fantasy, evil fantasy at that, they have nothing.

Instead, they attack. The ONE AND ONLY way in which they win, is if we surrender. They've bet everything on our surrender. And,. if history were to speak, they'd be right. We always surrender. Let's break history. Let's NOT surrender this time. Let's, say it with me...

Make America Great Again.

#MAGA

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