PrintAugust 30, 2009
The political battleground shifts
A decisive shift in the political battleground has taken place, and few analysts have noticed. Sun Tzu, the Chinese warlord who assembled the psychological philosophy widely known today as The Art of War, knew what he was talking about, and would have been a formidable political strategist.With the exception of the queen, the game of chess assigns each piece very specific tactics, and very specific limitations. The queen can project its power in any direction and distance, thus rendering it a formidable piece. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the pawn. With the exception of its opening move, the pawn is limited to the advancement of but one square at a time, and can only attack to an advancing diagonal square. The pawn can never retreat.The pawn is historically analogous to a common peasant soldier in the ancient times of Master Sun Tzu, the Chinese warlord who assembled the psychological philosophy widely known today as The Art of War. Sun Tzu...(Read Full Article)
