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To: SBHX who wrote (150000)	10/30/2004 6:31:08 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Sun Tzu was a Taoist. Taoists believe in gaining wisdom through observation of nature and fallowing the natural law (not to be confused with some strange Darwinian survival of the fittest). This is why you often hear them say walking the Way is effortless. It is effortless because if you are making the right choices, the nature of things makes them fall neatly into place without need for excessive effort (i.e. a cakewalk). Does it seem to you that the US is having a cakewalk? The present US policy is the antithesis of Sun Tzu's philosophy. Sun Tzu PS You may want to take a look at Understanding Sun Tzu On The Art Of War by Robert L. Cantrell, ISBN: 0972291407

To: SBHX who wrote (150000)	10/31/2004 1:28:42 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<The american military does not seek war for war sake, that would make monsters out of them.> That is one of the big differences between the Iraqi and Vietnam wars. Both were wars of aggression, naked bullying of a weak nation by a strong one. But, in the Iraq war, the professional soldiers were never enthusiastic (and neither was the CIA, or the State Department). It is the civilians in the White House and Defense Department who have insisted on this war. In this Administration, the person with the most military experience (the Sec. of State) has been the least enthusiastic about the war. We were divided from the start, and remain divided. And you know what happens to a house divided, don't you?