Beau of The Fifth Column

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1,392 appearances 39 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 13 Apr

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He was the Secretary of Defense when the US went into Iraq and Afghanistan.

Just curious, how did those work out?

I'm going to give you a different quote for future use.

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

Do you believe we were prepared?

That's Sun Tzu.

One of these guys doesn't have a great track record with his shoot from the hip approach.

The other guy has been studied for thousands of years.

But Sun Tzu wasn't a Republican or a Trump supporter, so I guess he doesn't matter.

That Rumsfeld quote only applies in a defensive war, not elective wars in which you have the chance to prepare.

As far as putting that information online, I bet you felt really smart when you were typing that out.

Stupid chicken lady doesn't know OPSEC.

I'll show her.

But I have a question.

Where do you think I got it?

Did you have a mental image of me breaking into Langley Mission Impossible style?

The administration you trust put it online.

Effing idiots.

Sun Tzu said, there are five essentials for victory.

One, he will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

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