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| Sun Tzu say - "Prolonged war stupid..." |
According to the ancient, but very brilliant strategist, Sun Tzu (The Art of War)...
- There is no instance of a country ever having benefited from prolonged warfare.
- In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.
- If the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain.
- Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue.
- There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.
For all of you Republicans and so-called "Conservatives" out there, this should mean something to you. After all, Barry Goldwater, who was the epitome of "Conservative," wanted no foreign military involvement but free trade with all nations. And Thomas Jefferson, one of the men who wrote the Constitution that all Conservatives claim to revere, said "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none." And finally, Abraham Lincoln...not only did he have a long reach as a pugilist, but he had a poetic way with words..."The principles of Jefferson are the axioms of a free society." Doesn't get any clearer than that.
(Special "shout out" to Desert Rat at The Daily Paul)
