Thread by @ThyConsigliori

John Minford, #SunTzu 6: 31 "Rouse him, discover the springs of his actions."

It's not, but if it was up to me, I'd reverse the order here. I'd say: discover the springs of his actions, so that you may rouse him at will, whenever and wherever you wish, at your timing, at your decision, without him ever knowing you controlled his actions.

Here's the chip on my shoulder. I dare you. I double dare you. I double dog dare you. Knock this chip off. Go ahead. You don't have the moxie. You're a coward. Go back home to your mama who will comfort you for your hurt ego. Come on. Knock this chip off my shoulder. Be a man.

Please note, I used no foul language above. That took discipline. If you're comfortable with cursing, please fill in all the missing expletives above. It will be much more enjoyable. Back on topic. Baiting an enemy into action is, without question, a type of seduction.

Go slowly. Discover the springs of his actions. What a command. Funny thing, in today's politically correct world, a trigger is considered a bad thing. Oh no! You triggered me. I need a cookie, a blanket, soothing music, a safe space. You triggered me. You're horrible.

In truth, a trigger absolutely IS a bad thing, but NOT the way the left proclaims. Rather, a trigger is a terrible weakness in one's self. If I can bait you into taking action that places you at risk, then you belong to me. I am your master, you're just in denial.

Sometimes it goes the other way. Sometimes our enemies learn that we have no will and will not respond regardless of provocation. Consider Al Qaeda's testing practice in advance of 9/11. Would we catch box cutters? If we did, would we prosecute? If so, how seriously?

They also tested our training system's willingness to train foreign pilots on our commercial airline methods. How utterly blind, foolish, naive and stupid we were. Have we learned? Somewhat. Yet we remain far from up to speed in the war for the world's future.

There can be no doubt whatsoever that the Islamic Terrorist Jihad continues to live by Master Sun's counsel in today's verse. They continue to test for the springs of our action, and they are brilliant in their testing. Respect to our enemies requires, mandates we recognize this.

Why did @realDonaldTrump demand that Radical Islamic Terrorism be called by that name? The Obama administration fundamentally wiped out ALL of our springs to action, so that we could be counted on to do nothing. Consider the Iran uprising. Not one word from Obama.

Consider how Obama refused to allow any affirmative action against Radical Islamic Terrorism. How Fort Hood was workplace violence. Nope. We have no chips on our shoulders. We're too cool, too sophisticated and worldly for a chip. We're for peace at all costs.

Under too-cool-for-school Obama, we lost the entire attitude of...you want some of this? Come get it. Expletive deleted. But it's a bad one. There's a growing scandal in our military. More and more of them are wearing MAGA badges. They love @POTUS. They love his attitude.

Turn for a moment to trade negotiations. The MSM wants you to think that the ONLY outcome is increased prices at retails stores. Seriously. How idiotic is that? Tariffs virtually ensure local manufacture. It just takes a bit of time. Local manufacture will lower prices.

Equally important, it will EXPLODE value, quality. And in the meantime, the economies of our trading enemies will implode. China's already is. And, if Mexico fails to comply with @POTUS demands for reduced illegal immigration, its economy will crater. Ours will not.

As our strong economy continues steadily forward, @POTUS will rouse our trading enemies into positive action. He knows the springs of their action. He knows how to rouse them. Once they change their behavior, they will become trading allies, they'll no longer be enemies.

Do you hear the drumbeat of the MSM going, oh no, our supply chains in Mexico will be disrupted! Supply chains in Mexico? Perhaps if we put our supply chains here in the US, we'd rebuild the inner economy that previously left the Forgotten Americans behind. Build here.

Let's go again. NATO. Have you noticed how the MSM has completely stopped attacking @POTUS over NATO? Here's why. He knew the springs of their action and has raised billions of dollars in new funding from all participating nations. NATO is now stronger than ever.

So, what about you, you in your everyday life? Let's imagine you have an absolutely terrible boss, horrendous. Do you know how to be cool? Can you calmly engage during a public meeting? Can you trigger your boss into one of his fits of yelling, in public?

Not too often now, you must NOT allow your reputation to be labeled with "rabble rouser." But, once your boss has yelled too loud, too furiously, too uncontrollably in public, you now have an asset. Can you use your asset? Can you trigger action by your boss's bosses?

Oh wait, isn't that dirty fighting? Oh no! It is. Well, not exactly dirty, just serious. Your idiot boss never had to yell. If he knew the springs of his own actions, he wouldn't. What's more, he'd respect you. Fie on him. Take him down. Spring him into self-destructive action.

As election 2020 approaches, you can watch @POTUS trigger self-destructive action from this or that candidate. If it's Sleepy (note how that rhymes with creepy) Joe, you'll soon see him shoulder massaging and smelling hair again. He won't be able to resist. Sprang into action.

You too can do the same thing. Consider free college and wiping out student debt. Why not demand that colleges invest their own endowment funds into wiping out that debt? You'll see stunned looked on your liberal friend's faces. Sprang.

Here's the simple rule. Be cool. Don't get hot. Calm and happy, you can always find the triggers your enemies cannot fail to react to. When your enemy reacts to your provocation, you win. You see his attack coming, trigger it, and then use it to your own advantage.

You know you love that. And, you get to work on your chip collection. Nothing is better than a chip on your shoulder that your enemy can't resist. I love chips. Don't you?

141 verses completed, 281 to go.

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