Thread by @ThyConsigliori

John Minford, #SunTzu 8: 3 "On crossroad terrain, join forces with allies."

I might have struggled with the term "crossroad terrain." but my efforts yesterday led me to the answer rapidly. The book I almost bought again a second time, was Roger Ames' version and his phrase is absolutely clear. He calls it "strategically vital intersections."

You have to admit, for all his typically crystal-clear poetry, crossroad terrain as a term is a bit stilted. So, point to Ames! What, then, are strategically vital intersections? Who remembers Thermopylae? 300 Greeks held off the entire Persian army there.

Clearly, since they all died there, Master Sun must have been shaking his head. When you find a place where the battle is sure to be fought, it's time to join with allies, not just go there and die. Imagine if a flanking operation could have occurred there.

Imagine a force that might have attacked below, on the Persians' flank, while the Spartans led by Leonidas above trapped them. It's possible that some of the Spartans might have lived. When you know where the battle will be, certainly, seek allies.

Look at the price of drugs in America today. We are charged, here, often as much as 10 times the price paid in other nations. How does that happen? It's simple. Congress is easily bought. The pharmaceutical companies pay them richly for their votes.

This battle was fought in 2010, and then again 2018, and it isn't over. The Democrats are laying out their plan for 2020 and beyond in their debates right now. Clearly, this is crossroads terrain, strategically significant. So, what has @POTUS done? He's found an ally!

@POTUS Due to our overpayment from Congress' corruption, Canadians often pay massively less for the drugs than we do. But, they're a tiny market. We're huge. So, the Trump team is allying with them to make Canadian drugs available here. That is an alliance at the crossroads.

@POTUS There is an even deeper conflict in play, that between capitalism and socialism. The certainty of this conflict is also a perfect example of a strategically significant intersection. Instantly after WWII, England instituted its National Healthcare System.

@POTUS I have not found a good analysis yet, outlining how all of Europe turned left after WWII, or even how we did. Do you realize that Jack Kennedy LOWERED taxes? How did they get so high? Well, perhaps I'm wrong. FDR led America down a socialist path long before the war.

@POTUS No matter, the left has realized that they can challenge you, your money or your life. Healthcare is their great motherload objective. And I put forward that if there were no other reason to reelect @realDonaldTrump, preventing the left from their ultimate target would be it.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump What I would never have imagined over all this is an alliance with Canada, with their capitalist desire to penetrate our drug market. They're so far down the path of socialism that I'd never have imagined allying with their natural capitalism over the price of drugs. It's genius.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump Let's go back to WWII. Churchill knew with certainty that Hitler was coming over the channel to invade. By hook and by crook, whatever he had to do he did, he had to bring us, his American ally, into the fight. He could not face Nazi Germany without us.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump Also, consider us in the Pacific Theater. Do you realize that, not only did we ally with China against Japan, they lost a million soldiers in that fight? We wouldn't have defeated Japan without China. And then, straight after, Mao took China communist. What a century.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump Here's yet another example from today. @POTUS is the greatest friend the downtrodden in cities like Baltimore have ever had in the oval office. Our cities, with their liberal machines in control, are a strategically significant crossroads.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump If we're to succeed in making America great again, we must face this looming battle. Who will we ally with? But of course, the people of the cities themselves. Can you imagine an America where Republicans take back the cities? Before @realDonaldTrump I sure couldn't.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump How does all this apply to you? I can share from my own life. I have two adult daughters and one adult son with mates. There are always looming battles coming on the horizon over this or that. The greatest shock of my own adult life has been alliance with their mates.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump Normal, idiotic proud parent that I am, I never thought any of their romantic partners were good enough for them. Smack my head to discover, I now often wonder if my kids are actually worthy of their partners. I love them. And the friendships we've built are invaluable treasures.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump A final example, my favorite. There have to be teachers in America who vote for Trump. Yet, I can assure you, they're scared to talk about that at work. I bet they mostly lie about it. Yet, America faces the greatest strategic crossroads of its history in coming years.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump And the education of our children is the ultimate battle ground. There has to be alliances there waiting to be formed. There have to be teachers who wish to teach American Exceptionalism again. Together, we must find them, and forge alliance.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump 201 verses completed, 221 to go.

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