Comments on: On the Importance of Strategy in War & Politics http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/01/07/on-the-importance-of-strategy-in-war-politics/ The Internet home for American gay conservatives. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:31:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: GayPatriot » David Gergen’s Connection to Princess Diana http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/01/07/on-the-importance-of-strategy-in-war-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-357993 GayPatriot » David Gergen’s Connection to Princess Diana Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:00:09 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=7546#comment-357993 [...] a break from reading books about the two historical periods which most fascinate me of late, the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of our own to read Michael Barone’s Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired [...] [...] a break from reading books about the two historical periods which most fascinate me of late, the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of our own to read Michael Barone’s Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired [...]

]]> By: David M http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/01/07/on-the-importance-of-strategy-in-war-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-354375 David M Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:26:10 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=7546#comment-354375 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - <a href="http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2009/01/web-reconnaissance-for-01092009.html" rel="nofollow"> Web Reconnaissance for 01/09/2009 </a> A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day...so check back often. The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the – Web Reconnaissance for 01/09/2009 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often.

]]> By: heliotrope http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/01/07/on-the-importance-of-strategy-in-war-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-353955 heliotrope Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:12:47 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=7546#comment-353955 Spinoza wrote:<blockquote> Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently, for the most part, very prone to credulity.</blockquote>(Credulity: readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence.) Since "power abhors a vacuum" the true leader maintains a game plan for managing chaos both known and unknown. Toppling a leader is, essentially, the easy work. Spinoza wrote:
Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune’s greedily coveted favours, they are consequently, for the most part, very prone to credulity.

(Credulity: readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence.)

Since “power abhors a vacuum” the true leader maintains a game plan for managing chaos both known and unknown.

Toppling a leader is, essentially, the easy work.

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