Is it better to have an enemy or have no enemy?
2007-09-09 03:04:08 · 10 answers · asked by magpiesmn 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
If you become your enemy you no longer have that enemy thus its the only way I can reason thats worth while for defeating your enemy.
2007-09-09 03:13:28 · update #1
I think it's "you must know your enemy"
von Clauwitz or Sun Tzu.
2007-09-09 07:55:09 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very deep question, hard to answer, but I believe to defeat your enemy, you must not become them, but you must know what they know, what they are thinking, whta they're next move will be even if they don't. Sort of like a pattern, you'll know whats coming. If we were to become our enemies and commit things like genecides or kill one race or clan because the other does not like it, we'd feel kinda foolish wouldn't we? As for is it better to have an enemy or no enemy, its better to stand up for what you believe in than lay down and take it to be like everybody else. I'd rather everybody hate the US for what we are, which is helping out other countries who can't, than to be loved as a country that does nothing for nobody.
2007-09-09 10:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by Otis 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No.
As was mentioned already, as said by the wise man Sun Tzu.
"Know yourself and your enemy and you need not fear defeat. Know yourself and not your enemy and for every victory you will suffer a defeat."
2007-09-09 12:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Tom K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try reading Sun Tzu's "Art of War" instead of quoting him incorrectly.
Many times the choice of having or not having an enemy is not yours to make. I'm not willing to convert to Islam, are you?
2007-09-09 10:35:11 · answer #4 · answered by oscarsix5 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No... you don't want to be your enemy... you but it really helps to be able to think like him... to understand his motives and goals.
Of course it's better not to have any enemies. In a perfect world there would be none. But, that's only in a perfect world... so there will always who wants what you have, or thinks you want what they have, or that you don't want them to have what they have, or who believes you don't deserve what you have. Sometimes they're so backwards that they believe that it's ok to kill you just because you don't think they want you to think.
2007-09-09 10:31:51 · answer #5 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Becoming your enemy means that you learn to think like him and use his thinking against him.
Know your enemy.
2007-09-09 11:01:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You must THINK like your enemy. Act like him and you may as well join him!
2007-09-09 10:10:10 · answer #7 · answered by PATRICIA MS 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In this episode, in order to defeat the enemy you must become a...rapist.
2007-09-09 10:09:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
if you become your enemy then you are what your fighting against.
2007-09-09 10:12:07 · answer #9 · answered by j.r. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You cheated. You asked two questions and only got charged for one.
The answer to the first question is "no."
2007-09-09 10:09:43 · answer #10 · answered by regerugged 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋