Sun Tzu in the 21st Century

Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction. Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th. But we know their true nature. North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens. Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom. Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens -- leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children. This is a regime that agreed to international inspections -- then kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world. States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.

- President George W. Bush, in his “State of the Union” speech, January 29, 2002

Create an uproar in the East and attack in the West.

- Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"

North Korea shakes its mighty fist at the sky. “Curse you Red Baron!” it says and lobs half a dozen missles into the sea, frightening the Antique Media. “Why did they do this!?” we ask plaintively. Well, to answer a rhetorical question, we were told it was to draw attention to themselves. As in, “Hey! HEY! Over here, in the East! Look at me! LOOK AT ME!”

Meanwhile on the other side of the world, Hamas and Hizbolla miraculously adopt the same strategy and invade Israel and kidnap Israeli soldiers. For those of you keeping score at home, Hamas and Hizbollah are late inning substitutions setting up Iran for the close.

Syria? Well, remember when you grew up and there were two brothers, the smart one and the dumb one? The smart one always started trouble and the dumb one always got caught for it. That’s Syria and Iran. Syria: dumb. Iran: smart. Syria is going to get the snot beat out of it, while Iran buys time to make nukes.

Remember the “Axis of Evil” speech? The Axis powers were Iraq, Iran and North Korea. He kind of called that one didn’t he. Here we are four years later and the remaining Axis partners are acting in concert, almost like they talk to each other or something, like they had an Axis summit and planned it all out. North Korea makes the strategic plans, Iran creates chaos for the Twelvers, the Great Satan looks right, looks left, then right again and can’t decide what to do.

Meanwhile, six months after Kim’s strange train ride through China into Siberia, the Ruskies and China won’t support actions against either player.

I think it’s about time Taiwan trades nukes to Japan in exchange for missles and test fires and ICBM over Peking and Moscow on its way to splashdown off the coast of Venezuela.