Terrorism

Two Strategies

Sun Tzu's strategy is the science of experimentation. All strategy depends on the "rules of the ground," but unlike a game, strategy teaches that each new ground has its own rules. For example, what works on the new ground of the Internet isn't the same as what works on the new ground of nanotech. The principles of strategy are a set of metarules that allow us to discover the rules of any particular new ground quickly, cheaply, and safely. However, when good strategy allows you to discover the rules of the ground you are on, you must act on that knowledge.

Iran Decides Next US President

In Sun Tzu's strategy, there are nine specific strategic situations in Sun Tzu's strategy. Each of them demands a very specific response. In the ultimate situation, called the do-or-die situation, the only response is to fight with everything you have. This brings us to the problem of Iran.

The Objective and Subjective Nature of Positions

Sun Tzu taught that strategic positions are both physical and psychological. Building a psychological position is easier than building a physical one because it is easier to manipulate information than it is to move real objects. For example, the war on terror has always been an information war. The main thesis of my adaptation of Sun Tzu to address the terror war, Strategy Against Terror, is that terrorism is best understood as a advertising campaign in which the terrorist leverage the systemic problems with mass media.

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