It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle. --Sun Tzu, (circa 544-496 BC), "The Art of War"

One of the most important paragraphs in Dr. Sebastian Gorka's recently published book 'Defeating Jihad' concerns Sun Tzu's famous dictum quoted above. Gorka states that people often focus on the "know your enemy" part of the quote, and ignore the equally important "know thyself" part--a foolhardy and calamitous mistake.

It is indeed good to know your enemy if you wish to win, but Sun Tsu's [sic] recipe for ultimate victory begins with knowing yourself--why you are going to war, what you are fighting for. ...What do I represent? What am I prepared to risk blood and treasure for, and why exactly am I going to war? If you cannot answer these questions, then you should not be going to war at all. -- Dr. Sebastian Gorka, 'Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War'

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