The Art of War: Elephants and "Squirrel!"

by Angela K. Durden
Technology inventor protecting creator's copyrights. Business writer, novelist, songwriter, and Citizen Journalist.

Make no mistake about it. The latest "Squirrel!" technique deployed by the Pussy-Hat Wearing Politically Correct Liberal Democrat RINO Socialist Fascist Commies [P-HWPCLDRSFCs] is the elephant story hitting the headlines featuring Big-Bad-Meanie Trump reversing Obama The Saint's ban on importing elephant parts into the US.

Motivated by jealousy while claiming they care more than me about everything, the P-HWPCLDRSFCs are surprised when the end result of their caring turns out badly.

For instance: Raging wildfires in California. Sure, there are wildfires in other places and, of course these rage. But Cali sure has a lot more than just about anywhere else. So the question must be asked: Why?

I posit the following reason: Political Correctness.

I care for animals. When I see a turtle on the road and it is within my power to do so, I take it across the road in the direction it was headed.

But the P-HWPCLDRSFCs won't allow perfectly fine controlled burns of underbrush in case living under that brush is one of those little turtles (or whatever endangered species du jour they are focused on).

So, massive amounts of fuel accrue and then every animal dies. But that is okay because, you see, those fires are the fault of uncaring, animal hating, underbrush-destroying Conservatives, small-government Libertarians, and freedom-loving, Constitution-protecting Citizens everywhere — never the silly policies of the righteous P-HWPCLDRSFCs .

Treated in the same fashion by the P-HWPCLDRSFCs is the practice of culling.

Around the world, animal populations are managed so that balance in an area is maintained.* Too many of one animal eating too many of another makes for a trickle down scenario and next thing you know dogs, cats, old people, little children, and gardens are being eaten and trampled by alligators, bears, boars, deer, and lions and tigers and elephants roaming the suburbs.

Zambia and Zimbabwe have an elephant problem. Indiscriminate killing led to a a close extinction. The countries enacted measures to protect the elephant. But too many elephants in an area, or old and sick elephants spreading disease, means measures must be taken to protect the rest of the herd and the people who live there.

So what do they, and other countries with similar problems, do? Why, they invite hunters to come and do the work for them. These hunters pay a price to legally shoot, thus raising much-needed revenue, and they responsibly stay within the boundaries of killing only those marked and stay within quantity limits.

But what about the headline of Trump's reversing Obama The Saint's ban and then holding off on the order?

The P-HWPCLDRSFCs say it is because Trump's son asked him to make it legal to bring in elephant trophy hunt booty and Daddy couldn't say no. Then you read that Trump is holding off on reversing the ban and all the P-HWPCLDRSFCs claim it was their powerful petitions that made him do it.

But the real reason is Trump is holding off is because of Sun-tzu's The Art of War. "Is this the hill on which I need to die?" is the one question every warrior asks. To answer that question, Donald "The Hammer" Trump must understand the concepts of Potential Energy, Strategic Offensive, and The Fray which state:

Potential Energy:

"Orderly disorder is based on careful division; Courageous fear, on potential energy; Strong weakness, on troop dispositions."

Strategic Offensive:

"Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting. The highest form of warfare is to attack strategy itself."

The Fray:

"Take a roundabout route, and lure the enemy with some gain."

"The Hammer" understands those concepts and knows the real reason these anti-him headlines are showing up.

It's the latest in the constant cry of the puppet masters yelling "Squirrel!" and getting their legions of the P-HWPCLDRSFCs to look away from anything that supports freedom and takes away power from the puppet masters. 

*Not all P-HWPCLDRSFCs are vegetarian. Eating their fair share of burgers and steaks means they are also "culling the herd." But, hey, who am I to point out their hypocrisy.