The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.Go here to read the introductory post to the verses of The Art of War.
~ from The Art of War, Giles translation ~
I'm trying to understand this in light of what I just read about a recent suicide attack by a woman in a burqa in a food market in Pakistan.
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