Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Art of War



- 2084  -  The Art of War was written in China by Sun Tzu 500 years before Christ.  The President  declared Iran, Iraq, and Korea our enemies, the axes of evil.  We have been at war for 16 years in Iraq, and the Middle East. The Korean war may be won without fighting again, but, there is still a ways to go before it is over.  Iran is another matter.  Iran is doing everything in its power to keep terrorism alive in the Middle East.
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----------------------------------------  2084  -  The Art of War
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-   The “ Art of War” was written in China by Sun Tzu 500 years before Christ.  It is 13 chapters but here are the 5 main lessons:
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------------  (1)  Know when to fight and when not to fight.  Know your enemy, know yourself.  Position yourself where you are sure to win,  prevailing over those who have already lost.
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------------  (2)  Lie and Spy.  Get good information and spread bad information.  All warfare is based on deception.
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--------------  (3)  A military force has no constant formation or strategy.  Be flexible, be creative, take whatever advantage or opportunity the enemy gives you.
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---------------  (4)  A victorious army first wins and then seeks battle, while a defeated army first battles then seeks victory.  Be on the offense before your defense is needed.
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------------- (5)  Win quickly.  War is destructive, disruptive, and expensive.  If possible render other armies helpless without fighting.
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-  The President  declared Iran, Iraq, and Korea our enemies, the axes of evil.  We have been at war for 16 years in Iraq, and the Middle East.  Certainly we did not follow rule (5). 
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-  The Korean war may be won without fighting again, but, there is still a ways to go before it is over.  Iran is another matter.  Iran is doing everything in its power to keep terrorism alive in the Middle East.
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-   Their goal is still to remove everyone that is not Islam from the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe, returning the entire area to 700 A.D.  Iran is seeking the weapons of greatest power.  It is using rule (2) until it can obtain the weapons of mass destruction with which their power cannot be challenged.
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-  (30,000 B.C.)  The use of weapons to obtain power in the Middle East started 32,000 years ago when tribes were using spears and bow and arrows.
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- ( 8000 B.C., 23.000 years later)   The barriers of defense against spears and arrows were stone walls, the Jericho walls in Babylon were 100 feet tall.
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-  (4000 B.C. 4,000 years later)   The chariot was invented.  The driver controlled the horses and the archer could take a steady aim with the bow and arrow.  Shooting from horseback was not nearly as accurate.
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-  (1500 B.C.  3,500 years later)  Swords were made of bronze and were short and dull.  They were soon made of iron and were long and sharp.
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- (490 B.C. 1,000 years later)  The Battle of Marathon ( The Last 300) Athenians battled Persians with locked shields thrusting spears over the shield wall.  These Greek formations defeated Persians in battles where they were far outnumbered.
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-  (350 B.C. 140 years later)  Alexander the Great and the Macedonians improved the swords with 21 foot long pikes lined up in formations like the Greeks.
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-  (200 B.C.  150 years later)  The simple stirrup was invented that made it extra hard to knock a warrior off his horse.
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-  ( 53 B.C.  147 years later) A mobile Calvary of Parathions defeated a Roman infantry of 40,000 men in Mesopotamia proving the strength of mobility against infantry.
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-  (70 A.D.  123 years later)  The Romans took Jerusalem using catapults that could throw 50 pound rocks more than 400 yards.
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-  (378 A.D.  300 years later)  Mounted Germanic warriors defeated the Roman infantry in Bulgaria.
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-  (678 A.D.  300 years later)  The Greeks invented “Greek Fire” a sticky, burning liquid used primarily in naval combat.
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-  (1300 A.D.  622 years later)  Crossbows were used to penetrate armor of chain mail.   Plate armor became part of the European knights uniform.
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-  (1400 A.D.  100 years later)  The long bow helped the English defeat cavalries in the Hundred Years’ War.
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-  (1453 A.D.  Gunpowder comes from China.  Cannons the Turks used against the walls of Constantinople weighed 19 tons and fired 800 pound cannon balls.  The French put cannons on wheels .  The English put cannons on ships.  The Germans invented the mini-cannon to replace the crossbows.
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-  (1700 A.D. 247 years later)  The flintlock musket joins the bayonet in the infantry arsenal.
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-  (1776 A.D. 76 years later)   The American Turtle becomes the first submarine used in battle.
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-  (1862 A.D.  86 years later)  Ships have steel hulls and gun turrets for battle.
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-  (1903 A.D. 41 years later)  The airplane becomes a war machine.  Aircraft carriers replace battleships at sea.
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-  (1917 A.D.  14 years later)  The British introduce the armored tanks on the front lines against the Germans.
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-  (1944 A.D.  27 years later)  The Germans hurl V-2 rockets on to the British island.  Range 200 miles, speed 6 times faster than an airplane.  Missiles become the new way to war power.
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-  (1945 A.D.  1 year later)  The atomic bombs kill 110,000 Japanese and force Japan’s surrender.  This one bomb carried more destructive power than all the war power before it.
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-  (1952 A.D.  7 years later)  The hydrogen bomb produced megatons of destructive power.  Even decades after its enormous destruction from the blast the cancers, mutations from radiation and genetic abnormalities continue to kill and maim.
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-  (2008 A.D.  56 years later)  Iran in enriching Uranium-235 and producing or purchasing Plutonium-239 so it too can posses the weapon of mass destruction.  The ultimate power in warfare and intimidation.  A 200 pound nuclear weapon can be carried in a suitcase and delivered anywhere in the world.
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-  2500 year old advice:  Know your enemy and position yourself to win, hopefully without even fighting.  The weapons have become too massive in their destructive power.  Life on Earth cannot afford to use them. 
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-  2018 A.D. in this very land was the introduction of Christian morality.  Morality can only come from education because genetics can produce people of either behavior.  Can the Middle East learn morality fast enough to prevent the overrun of evil?  Can black gold be replaced with new technology fast enough to prevent money from being the root of all evil?  Peace in the Middle East with education as the weapon of choice.
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-   (1)  Originally written in January 25, 2008.  Review 877.  Here we are 10 years later.
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