The principles of war as understood by Douglas Wilson culminate in the chief principle of war as well as the cornerstone of his theology — deception. Continue reading
“Recently, a man convicted of lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor child under the age of 16 was released on parole after serving 20 months of a life sentence. He is a first-time offender.” Continue reading
Stonewall Jackson was a brutally ruthless killing machine, who kept the Sabbath. Continue reading
Three men who have completely miscalculated what’s coming their way. Continue reading
These concerns have led to the saying that if you steal from one person, it’s plagiarism, but if you steal from many, it’s research.
Douglas Wilson
At his core he is a petty thief. Continue reading
Christ Church — where the hits keep on coming. Continue reading
“Is the Daily News simply worried that we will succeed?” Continue reading
“The Bible permits Christians to own slaves, provided they are treated well. You are a Christian. Whom do you believe?” —Douglas Wilson
Following Sun Tzu, our first responsibility is to attack the enemy’s plan. In the second place, we attack his alliances. In the third place, we attack his forces. . . .
To prevail in conflict is not possible without deception. Where you are weak, he should think you are strong. Where you are strong, he should believe you are weak.
Where you are present, he should believe you to be absent. Where you are absent, he should believe you to be present. When you are distant, he should believe you to be near. When you are near, he should believe you are distant.
When you have no plan, he should believe you do. When you are executing a plan, he should believe you are doing nothing.
Your strength is not measured by how strong you are. Your strength is measured by how strong your adversary believes you are.
Weapons are no substitute for a strategy.
Superior weapons do not make up for an inferior strategy. Superior weapons do not make up for inferior men.
The phrase “culture wars” should not be applied to mere policy differences. If one party wants to go left and the other wants to go right, there should be no culture war. If one faction wants to hollow the nation out from within, then we engage.
Douglas Wilson
Sun Tzu was right — warfare is deception. A good general wants the enemy to believe the opposite of what is actually the case, in as many instances as possible. He wants him to believe he is far away when he is close, and to believe he is close when he is far away. He wants him to believe he is strong when he is weak, and weak when he is strong.
Douglas Wilson
“Lee Rozen recently argued (Our View, April 29–30) that I seem to be proud of my ‘anti-gay, pro-slavery, patriarchal provocateur status.’” Continue reading
We do not insist on the whole thing now — we are incrementalists, and this is a long war. . .
Douglas Wilson