Alinsky vs. Sun Tzu: How ancient strategy can be used against the Liberal Left.

Free Republic ^ | September 19, 2009 | Publius772000

[blueunicorn6]

Here are a couple that I use.

“Understand yourself and understand your opponents, and in one hundred battles, you will not be defeated.”

“The battle is won or lost before the first arrow is fired.”

[bergmeid]

http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

Here you go. It is quite a long read.

[ctdonath2]

“The Art of War” is actually quite short, but it is hard to find a translation which does not include voluminous commentary.

[ctdonath2]

[cripplecreek]

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

[fattigermaster]

http://suntzusaid.com/

[Rodney Dangerfield]

It’s not really a long read as I recall, having read it several years ago.

Every GOP candidate should read it and become familiar with it, as well as Alinsky’s rules as one of the main tenants of the Art of War is to know your enemy and their tactics.

Example: Obama will give a speech where he will ask a rhetorical question and then answer it with two false choices, with the most reasonable answer supporting his argument.

This tactic is used over and over, yet the GOP never seems to catch on to this easily defeatable tactic.

[LZ_Bayonet]

Dallas - “Real power is something you take!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGdfPtW56fo

[txhurl]

Problem is, there are no capitalist governments willing to pay millions of we conservatives to do this. Unlike the commies.

We attempt to repel the enemy for free. Volunteer armies only work when total devastation of the enemy is not only OK but the goal.

Sun Tzu couldn’t imagine the kind of battlefield we face now.

[cripplecreek]

There are a lot of things we can do on our own.

Planting the seeds of dissent is a personal favorite. I leave comments after Detroit news articles all the time. When Detroiters are complaining about the lack of police, I point to Ann Arbor where the liberals couldn’t decide to build a fountain or pay more firemen. I suggest that its kinda funny how Ann Arbor liberals have all this excess money and concern for the poor, yet aren’t real forthcoming with the cash.

I take special pleasure in pointing out that “Obama didn’t bring no bacon” on his last trip to Detroit. Instead he came to Michigan to try to protect his union friends and utterly failed PLUS ignoring the call for bacon.

Play their own games back against them.

[txhurl]

I’m jaded, but the soap and ballot box solutions have been stolen from us in broad daylight. So....

[Political Junkie Too]

Hillary Clinton's senior thesis was on the Alinsky model of fighting.

-PJ

[cripplecreek]

Example: Obama will give a speech where he will ask a rhetorical question and then answer it with two false choices, with the most reasonable answer supporting his argument.

He uses strawmen and the GOP should be quick to point them out and offer their own real answer.

[LucyT]

Check this out:

http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

[Free Vulcan]

Machiavelli says: ‘Yo what am I chopped liver here?’

[phockthis]

sfl