Stratfor: Secrecy, Trust and Strategy

[Gordon Fitch]

"Michael Pollak" <mpollak at panix.com> channeling Stratfor:
> > Surprise is the single most powerful tool in warfare. The essence of
> > surprise is secrecy. It would therefore seem to follow that secrecy
> is the
> > foundation of warfare.

Ian Murray:
> I thought ignorance and hate were the foundations of warfare. Am I
> missing something?

Ignorance and hate are certainly less useful to the
ambitious warrior than surprise.  If you want to oppose
war you should take care to know your enemy just as its 
more accomplished practitioners do.

-- Gordon