Sun Tzu The Art of War Chapter 2

Theme: Count the cost of war.

Also, Mr. Tzu gives important advice on protecting the resources of the state, the people & augmenting your strengths with the resources of your opponent’s.

All of this is given in the context of; ‘How one is to effectively wage his war.’

The question of, whether or not war should be waged has already been answered, in Sun Tzu’s philosophy.

Again, I beleive that Sun Tzu’s world sees Life and War as distinct, yet coeval.

Ergo, war is ever present to all who exist.
Humans are not given a choice of war, we only have free-will of how to pursue our battles in the war and conduct our affairs in war.

Please note that I am giving my opinions & interpretation of Sun Tzu’s philosophy. If you disagree please comment to these posts.

There is a great deal of information in this chapter, which puts Bush & Rumsfeld’s war making skill in question. Obviously, most who read this blog already believe the current administration to be unskilled in matters of state.