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So... It's bad to consider Ones, who have declared Us the the enemy and are attacking Us on every front, as Our enemy? I must ponder THAT!

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there is more than one way to "fight" (sublate)

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Well, yes, but that was not My focus. Numbers 68 and 69 suggest that We should not see attackers as enemies. At least, that's what I would interpret them as...

"Whatever I fight weakens me. Whatever I cooperate with strengthens me."

Do We cooperate with the Ones who would kill Us?

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the translations vary widely - -

Chapter 67

Everyone in the world calls my Tao great

As if it is beyond compare

It is only because of its greatness

That it seems beyond compare

If it can be compared

It would already be insignificant long ago

I have three treasures

I hold on to them and protect them

The first is called compassion

The second is called conservation

The third is called not daring to be ahead in the world

Compassionate, thus able to have courage

Conserving, thus able to reach widely

Not daring to be ahead in the world

Thus able to assume leadership

Now if one has courage but discards compassion

Reaches widely but discards conservation

Goes ahead but discards being behind

Then death

If one fights with compassion, then victory

With defense, then security

Heaven shall save them

And with compassion guard them

Chapter 68

The great generals are not warlike

The great warriors do not get angry

Those who are good at defeating enemies do not engage them

Those who are good at managing people lower themselves

It is called the virtue of non-contention

It is called the power of managing people

It is called being harmonious with Heaven

The ultimate principle of the ancients

Chapter 69

In using the military, there is a saying:

I dare not be the host, but prefer to be the guest

I dare not advance an inch, but prefer to withdraw a foot

This is called marching in formation without formation

Raising arms without arms

Grappling enemies without enemies

Holding weapons without weapons

There is no greater disaster than to underestimate the enemy

Underestimating the enemy almost made me lose my treasures

So when evenly matched armies meet

The side that is compassionate shall win

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I see... Well, compassion for Humanity drives Me... For whatever that is worth.

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Chapter 27

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Good traveling does not leave tracks

Good speech does not seek faults

Good reckoning does not use counters

Good closure needs no bar and yet cannot be opened

Good knot needs no rope and yet cannot be untied

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Therefore sages often save others

And so do not abandon anyone

They often save things

And so do not abandon anything

This is called following enlightenment

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Therefore the good person is the teacher of the bad person

The bad person is the resource of the good person

Those who do not value their teachers

And do not love their resources

Although intelligent, they are greatly confused

This is called the essential wonder

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🙏🏻💜🙏🏻

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The first is called compassion

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zoiks

Unkle Bonehead

Get em while their hot and not deleted.

https://dodsioo.defense.gov/Portals/46/DoDM%20%205240.01.pdf

https://dodsioo.defense.gov/Portals/46/Documents/DoDD_5240.01_DoD_Intel_Intel-Related_Assist_to_LE_and_Civil_Authorities_27_Sep_24.pdf?ver=5mL1ROn5buFBpQmcUsG3ig%3D%3D

They have authorized themselves for lethal force against US citizens by US military.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-10-12/us-military-now-authorized-kill-americans-us-soil-new-dod-directive-drops

In preperation for the upcoming election.

Unkle Bonehead

The short link is the original policy. The long link is to the updated policy that include deadly force.

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