Hey Democrats: What’s the Strategy?American Thinker, Sep 15, 2020, Christopher Chantrill
One of the things I like to analyze in political events is evidence of strategy. For instance, when Nancy Pelosi says the California wildfires mean that “Mother Earth is angry,†I think that is just reactive -- and primitive, because Mother Earth goddesses go way back.
But when President Trump (or Jared Kushner) comes up with almost one peace deal a week -- first Israel-UAE, then Serbia-Kosovo, and now Israel-Bahrain -- and lo and behold, as if on cue, Swedish politicians start nominating him for Nobel Peace Prizes -- my strategy detector goes crazy. And now the Black Swan guy, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, is asking what the betting odds are for an Israel-Saudi Arabia peace deal by November 1.
Or whatabout 9/11 observance? Trump sent Vice-President Pence to New York City last week to stand next to Joe Biden, but the president headed for Shanksville, PA to celebrate the All-American “let’s roll†spirit of Flight 93. I wonder why?
That is the point about Trump. Everything he does, you have to ask yourself: “I wonder what he meant by that?†Because Trump is the master strategist. That is to say, he seems to be good at seeing round corners.
Plus, he has courage. Generations of U.S. presidents have mumbled about moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, but they didn’t: they were afraid to. Trump did it, and lo and behold, three years later peace is breaking out all over. How did he do it?
Two things: strategy and courage.
To be a competent strategist you have to know yourself and know your enemy. You have to know the lay of the land, how your mind works, and how your enemy’s mind works. But then you have to have the courage to act upon your knowledge. I think that our lefty friends fail on all counts.
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