Who said know thy enemy

Demonizing and dehumanizing the enemy is an old and familiar practice. We called Germans Rhine monkeys and krauts. The Japanese nips , the Viet Cong slopes and Charlie.

In Iraq and Afghanistan we took an Arabic term of respect, haji , and derisively applied it to the entire population. As a Marine Corps counterintelligence specialist and interrogator in Iraq in and , I had the opportunity to not just fight the enemy, but become intimately familiar with him:.

Someone you have to kill first. I believe — as Sun Tzu did — that it is fundamentally dangerous to fail to see the enemy as he truly is. Whether the specific enemy is a Shia insurgent in Iraq, the Sunni Taliban, al Qaeda and its global affiliates, or self-radicalized Islamists on our own soil, is irrelevant.

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T 58 books view quotes. Aug 26, PM. Idiot 1 book view quotes. Aug 23, AM. Andy 29 books view quotes. Aug 22, PM. Shivam 0 books view quotes. But on balance, we've played a weak hand with skill, while you've played a strong hand ineptly. Now you may enjoy a brief respite from us, because Sunnis and Shiites are regrettably at each other's throats.

Your diplomats whisper to you that this is an opportunity. Don't rejoice. If Sunnis and Shiites can demonize and massacre one another -- fellow Muslims who profess the same faith, speak the same language, share the same culture -- what does this portend for you? The Sunni-Shia strife is a warning to you: our visions, our history don't ever go away, they always come back.

Let's set aside the Chinese general, and end with a quote from our own bin Laden. We sense, not that you're weak, but that you're weakening.

We see America's "wise men" produce an alternative plan for Iraq comprised of gestures to us, disguised under the thin euphemism of a "new diplomatic offensive. We know you will launch more offensives, to reverse your decline, or at least create the illusion of its reversal. We expect many "surges. But you are already defeating yourselves, in your think tanks, in your universities, in your editorial boardrooms, in the conclaves of your "wise men.

Finally, you ask us about the place of Iran's nuclear program in our vision. It's an excellent question. Unfortunately for you, Martin Kramer's time is up. We return him to you -- unharmed. Policy Analysis Interviews and Presentations. Jan 22, About the Authors.

Martin Kramer. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. But in the end, all of these versions revolve around the same idea, and it's this: We Arabs and Muslims can and must seize control of our destiny. Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible. You have to believe in yourself. Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home. Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.

Business Inspirational Planning Preparation Strategy. If his forces are united, separate them. Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him. Battle Enemy Expert Himself War.