When you say Sun Tsu to Bush, he thinks you mean Asahi beer.

Dubya wounldn't believe anything a Chineeese person would say!

Also: "It is the doom of men that they forget."

I think the only 'Art' Bush pays attention to is "The Art of the Deal'. It has smaller words and better pictures, like 'My Pet Goat.'

Bush wasn't even good at the art of "the deal." He was only used for his name...even as prezdent.

this is an exceptional post.

I second cali_'s assessment. This post uses Sun Tzu to much greater effect than most.

'Course, Sun Tzu is awfully subtle for a plain-spoken fella like Dubya. He's more from the "when in Rome, do as the Vandals do" school of thinking.

Excellent except that Iraq was never the enemy. It was a side show.

The real enemy is here in the united states. The enemy is loss of power. And the goal is to insure that on the inevitable path of the new order they control the strings.

The bush administration is soaked in blatant hipocrosy. They speak of the enemies of freedom, when it is they who are seeking control by subjugating and controlling the non-powerful using fear and deception as the tools.

Read Sun Tzu with this in mind. They know the enemy and they know the field of battle and they know the goal.

They are also very good at it.