BK>>>  Don't forget, nationbuilding is not good. Nationbuilding is bad.   
    BK>>> Nationbuilding is the work of Satan. We know that because right   
    BK>>> wingers tell us so.   
      
    KW> Others agree, but for differing reasons:   
      
    I had never read Sun Tzu before. If this is the best he does, I   
    am glad I didn't waste my time.   
      
    KW> III. Attack by Stratagem   
      
    KW> 1. Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best   
    KW> thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and   
    KW> intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too,   
    KW> it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy   
    KW> it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire   
    KW> than to destroy them.   
      
    ...   
      
    KW> 7. With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of   
    KW> the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph   
    KW> will be complete. This is the method of attacking by   
    KW> stratagem.   
      
    ...   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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