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IRAN'S 'MOSAIC DEFENCE'.......

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  Iran will conduct a defence of attrition against the USA and Israel . This is how the Vietnames defeated the USA. For the sake of the world, let us support them and hope they are successful.

Thucydides: A ruler who acts with virtue strengthens the state; one who rules through force alone invites resistance and disorder.

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  This is a brilliantly written article that outlines the Chinese approah to development and diplomacy...it is bottled common-sense. Which is why China will avoid unnecessary conflict... '....Thucydides’   History   is ultimately a study in statecraft. It is a study in how leaders make decisions, how states navigate conflict, and how the interplay of power, perception, and judgment shapes outcomes. Far from being a crude realist manifesto, his work is deeply concerned with the role of   phronesis   (practical wisdom) in governance and the consequences of moral and strategic misjudgment........ While Western strategic thought, especially as filtered through recent interpretations of Thucydides, often frames power transitions as inherently conflictual, Chinese statecraft draws from a very different historical and philosophical tradition. China’s leadership today approaches international relations with a perspective shaped by its long history of dynastic cycles, in...