(Minghui.org) On December 11, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Texas election lawsuit against four swing states for unconstitutional election rule changes. The high court’s decision indicates that the law will not be on the plaintiff's side as long as election lawsuits keep being filed. What can we learn from this then?
When interviewed by Grant Stinchfield from Newsmax later that day, Rudy Giuliani from Trump’s campaign team said the legal battle would go on. Another Trump lawyer, Jenna Ellis, reacted to the high court decision saying, “failure across all three branches of government” and the “executive branch...changed the rules, and we know that...”
Stinchfield said that Trump’s opponents targeted him since the beginning, which is why courts and federal agencies did not address voter fraud despite clear evidence. They didn’t want Trump to stay in the White House. More specifically, Trump had uprooted the deep state, the financial network, and bureaucratic power structures, which spelt huge losses across multiple levels for the opponents.
Sun Tsu, renowned ancient Chinese general and military strategist, once said, “If we know the enemy and know ourselves, we need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” Maybe it is time to review who we are and what we are facing.
The U.S. Constitution establishes three separate and equal branches of government: the legislative branch that makes the law, including the Congress, namely Senate and House of Representatives; the executive branch that enforces the law, namely the President, federal, and local governments; and the judicial branch that interprets the law, namely courts at all levels. Data shows that there are about five million law enforcement officers working at federal and local levels in the U.S.
“Knowing the enemy and ourselves” seems simple, but it actually requires wisdom. Nonetheless, according to Sun Tsu, that is the basis to win a war. By doing so, at least we will not lose on our side.
“The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy,” Sun Tsu continued, “To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.” This includes the wisdom of waiting. That is, while waiting we consolidate ourselves to become unbeatable. Furthermore, waiting for the opponents to make mistakes and waiting for a ripe opportunity so that we can launch an attack to finish the battle.
On the surface, “knowing ourselves” means we need to know how many soldiers we have along with logistics of weapons and food. But that is not enough. We also need to know our strengths and weaknesses, the situation we are in, and time and location. Only by taking advantage of and maximizing our own strength and avoiding our weaknesses can we be called “knowing ourselves.”
Furthermore, “knowing the enemy” means that we should be aware of our opponents’ battle strategy and mindset. The war situations change rapidly all the time. In a real battle, there is no room for emotions, ego, or impetuous moves.
Even since Trump announced his candidacy for the U.S. President in 2015, we have seen that the battles between him and his opponents are no longer limited to differences in opinions or values. Rather, the battles have now become a fight for freedom of speech and freedom of election. Chinese people have lost freedom of speech and election, so have Hong Kong residents. Now, the battleground has moved to the U.S. Were America to lose freedom of speech and election, were the American founding principles to fall in the hands of alligators who only care about their own interests, mankind would lose its moral foundation.
When President Trump stopped the decoupling of human rights and trade, when he resolutely started a trade war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), when he struck the deep state again and again, when he repeatedly directly targeted the CCP, the vicious forces had come to know his ultimate goal, which is why the moment he took the oath during the 58th Presidential Inauguration in January 2017, the same forces started to launch waves of attacks to try to destroy him.
On December 4, the Supreme Court revealed its position on the battle, further exposing who are the opponents. It is clear that the opponents are people in key positions in the three branches of the U.S. government. With this big reveal, the opponents are no longer scattered here and there, hiding in the deep state, acting secretly, manipulating media, or controlling education to turn the younger generations into their allies.
Given above, President Trump and his team are fighting hard to win back freedom for Americans, to restore America’s founding principles, and to redress justice of mankind. We should have known how much pressure Trump is facing in this intense life-and-death battle. Standing on the side of the divine means that we should follow the divine’s will and rules. Were there to be wars of defense and annihilation, we would rise from the ashes and live forever under the blessings.
As children of the divine, we are not only endowed with divine courage, but also divine vision and wisdom. Different from cunning snobs, or reckless socialists or communists, the wisdom of the divine is compassion, selflessness, and great forbearance.
In this war between good and evil, gods and demons, we should all be clear about who we are and who we are dealing with. Instead of acting superficially, we should know the enemy well and know ourselves well. Let us maintain a pure heart and make the best use of the divine wisdom and courage.
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