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To: bentway who wrote (385847)	10/23/2018 3:30:33 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) of 542169

Students of "soft" martial arts such as Aikido and Judo understand that the best way to defeat an adversary is not to oppose him, but rather to speed him further along a path he is already on and redirect him. The Soviet Union collapsed for many reasons, the vast majority of which were internal. However, knowingly or not, the US did create conditions that amplified those internal inconsistencies. This is what Putin is doing to us now. He is amplifying the internal divisions and encouraging the US to waste money on futile ventures. Incidentally, this is also what Osama bin Laden said he is going to do: that is to push the US to limits of bankruptcy and bleed us dry through asymmetric warfare. It really doesn't take a genius to see that the combination of low revenue and high military expenditure and low social programs is the fastest route to demise. Anyone who has ever played any Guns vs Butter strategy game can tell you that. It is very surprising how few people see this in real life.

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