A close friend sent me this today as a reminder of so much sacrifice that Americans have endured to protect the sanctity of our freedoms. Maintaining freedom demands sacrifice. Freedom has required it in our past and it will require it in our future.
ISAIAH 6:8
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ISAIAH 6:8
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It is a significant moment when an institution committed to serious strategic thought expands its reach beyond borders. The Gold Institute for International Strategy is doing exactly that, formally taking its place as an international organization with the First European Economic and Security Summit in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 27 and 28 May 2026.
The Summit will convene senior policymakers, security experts, and economic leaders from across the European Union, the United States, the Middle East and other allied and partner nations for a thoughtful and timely dialogue on the future of the Balkan region and beyond. Discussions will address the evolving transatlantic security architecture, economic resilience and regional integration, hybrid threats and information operations, energy and infrastructure corridors, and the role of democratic institutions in underpinning lasting stability.
The Gold Institute's emergence as an international convening body reflects a growing recognition that cooperation between people, cultures, religions, and nations requires shared forums, shared analysis, and shared resolve.
This is challenging but principled, forward-looking work, and the conversation in Banja Luka will help shape it.
The Summit will convene senior policymakers, security experts, and economic leaders from across the European Union, the United States, the Middle East and other allied and partner nations for a thoughtful and timely dialogue on the future of the Balkan region and beyond. Discussions will address the evolving transatlantic security architecture, economic resilience and regional integration, hybrid threats and information operations, energy and infrastructure corridors, and the role of democratic institutions in underpinning lasting stability.
The Gold Institute's emergence as an international convening body reflects a growing recognition that cooperation between people, cultures, religions, and nations requires shared forums, shared analysis, and shared resolve.
This is challenging but principled, forward-looking work, and the conversation in Banja Luka will help shape it.
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Breaking: WAR (A teaching moment for those interested in military strategy and theory).
War is a result of a failure of policy, poor policy is a failure of strategy, a lack of strategy is a failure of leadership, a failure of leadership is deadly.
In Sun Tzu's, The Art of War, he strongly emphasizes achieving victory through strategy, deception, and positioning rather than direct combat, ideally by avoiding or preventing war altogether when possible.
His core idea is that the highest form of skill isn’t winning battles through force but subduing the opponent without ever needing to fight.
Here are some of Sun Tzu's masterpiece thoughts on war without fighting.
1. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
2. To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. To fight and conquer in all battles is not supreme excellence, supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting. Winning every fight is good, but preventing the need for them is far superior.
3. In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact. To shatter and destroy it is not so good. Preserving resources and avoiding destruction through superior strategy is ideal.
4. The shrewd warrior avoids the battle, and the greatest victory is that which requires no battle. These reinforce prudence and foresight over unnecessary engagement.
Bottom line: Sun Tzu advises knowing yourself and the enemy thoroughly, using deception and trickery, attacking weaknesses while avoiding strengths, and choosing when not to fight.
He views prolonged warfare (attrition) or destructive warfare (annihilation) as a failure of strategy, preferring psychological, diplomatic, or positional victories that render one's opposition helpless before the battle is even waged.
Essentially, Sun Tzu saw war as a last resort and a costly endeavor. The smartest leaders win by making conflict unnecessary through superior planning, sound, reliable intelligence, and adaptability. These ideas have influenced military and business leaders, as well as being vital components of conflict resolution for centuries.
Military practitioners are not the only ones who have read Sun Tzu. It is translated in many languages and dialects all across the globe. Many fail to read it, most fail to follow the guidelines. War isn’t an unnecessary outcome, but before engaging, there must be very clear objectives and an even clearer end state.
If you want to read a book on military strategy: read Field of Fight, How to Win the War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
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War is a result of a failure of policy, poor policy is a failure of strategy, a lack of strategy is a failure of leadership, a failure of leadership is deadly.
In Sun Tzu's, The Art of War, he strongly emphasizes achieving victory through strategy, deception, and positioning rather than direct combat, ideally by avoiding or preventing war altogether when possible.
His core idea is that the highest form of skill isn’t winning battles through force but subduing the opponent without ever needing to fight.
Here are some of Sun Tzu's masterpiece thoughts on war without fighting.
1. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
2. To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. To fight and conquer in all battles is not supreme excellence, supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting. Winning every fight is good, but preventing the need for them is far superior.
3. In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact. To shatter and destroy it is not so good. Preserving resources and avoiding destruction through superior strategy is ideal.
4. The shrewd warrior avoids the battle, and the greatest victory is that which requires no battle. These reinforce prudence and foresight over unnecessary engagement.
Bottom line: Sun Tzu advises knowing yourself and the enemy thoroughly, using deception and trickery, attacking weaknesses while avoiding strengths, and choosing when not to fight.
He views prolonged warfare (attrition) or destructive warfare (annihilation) as a failure of strategy, preferring psychological, diplomatic, or positional victories that render one's opposition helpless before the battle is even waged.
Essentially, Sun Tzu saw war as a last resort and a costly endeavor. The smartest leaders win by making conflict unnecessary through superior planning, sound, reliable intelligence, and adaptability. These ideas have influenced military and business leaders, as well as being vital components of conflict resolution for centuries.
Military practitioners are not the only ones who have read Sun Tzu. It is translated in many languages and dialects all across the globe. Many fail to read it, most fail to follow the guidelines. War isn’t an unnecessary outcome, but before engaging, there must be very clear objectives and an even clearer end state.
If you want to read a book on military strategy: read Field of Fight, How to Win the War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
a.co/d/0isOt8jn
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The other General Flynn!
Right on the money.
Stand against tyranny wherever it raises its ugly head.
Free will is never for sale.
Right on the money.
Stand against tyranny wherever it raises its ugly head.
Free will is never for sale.
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It must be said that the American people hold our Congress in very low esteem, as low as at anytime in our history. And those in leadership positions appear to have forgotten who they serve.
Hint: It’s NOT yourselves!!!
1. We need term limits in Congress and,
2. South Carolina needs @MarkLynchSC to be its next U.S. Senator!
Hint: It’s NOT yourselves!!!
1. We need term limits in Congress and,
2. South Carolina needs @MarkLynchSC to be its next U.S. Senator!
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Edward Luttwak is 💯 right.
We can’t be mirror imaging and believe those we’re negotiating with think like us.
In “Twelver” Shia Islam, although there is no single established term called “end times epistemology”, Shia tradition does handle knowledge of eschatological events.
If our political negotiators are confused by the above or think because someone is wearing a suit isn’t a true believer, think again. And they better understand the concepts of “ghaybah” and “zuhur” and what the concept of the twelfth Imam (Muhammad al-Mahdi) is all about.
Some political or quasi-political negotiators tend to go into these type negotiations believing they’re dealing with businessmen interested in money or some other type of resource, when in fact the underlying belief has nothing to do with either of those.
The truly hard core fanatics, some who remain in leadership positions inside of Iran, want to fight an end times war to advance the return of the Mahdi.
Trust that.
We can’t be mirror imaging and believe those we’re negotiating with think like us.
In “Twelver” Shia Islam, although there is no single established term called “end times epistemology”, Shia tradition does handle knowledge of eschatological events.
If our political negotiators are confused by the above or think because someone is wearing a suit isn’t a true believer, think again. And they better understand the concepts of “ghaybah” and “zuhur” and what the concept of the twelfth Imam (Muhammad al-Mahdi) is all about.
Some political or quasi-political negotiators tend to go into these type negotiations believing they’re dealing with businessmen interested in money or some other type of resource, when in fact the underlying belief has nothing to do with either of those.
The truly hard core fanatics, some who remain in leadership positions inside of Iran, want to fight an end times war to advance the return of the Mahdi.
Trust that.
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Michael Moore was right on the money, especially when he describes our right to vote. Our vote “equalizes” every legal American when it is a fairly done vote. We still have a long way to go, but because of President Donald J. Trump America has a fighting chance.
We need to do our part now and force change to our voting system. It is still badly broken.
When the right steps are taken to correct how our voting processes are done, America is unstoppable.
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Action
National
Impact
Get involved in your communities now!
We need to do our part now and force change to our voting system. It is still badly broken.
When the right steps are taken to correct how our voting processes are done, America is unstoppable.
Local
Action
National
Impact
Get involved in your communities now!
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