War Without Understanding Iran: Why Markandey Katju Considers It Trump's Historic Mistake
Did Donald Trump commit a strategic blunder in his confrontation with Iran by disregarding the core principles of *The Art of War*? An analysis by Justice Markandey Katju, emphasizing the necessity of understanding the legacy of Imam Husain and the mindset of Iranian society.
Donald Trump's greatest mistake
By Justice Markandey Katju
The greatest mistake US President Donald Trump made was to have plunged into war without reading the book 'The Art of War' by the renowned Chinese military thinker Sun Tzu.
Sun Tzu writes in it
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
One does not know whether Donald Trump knows himself or not. But it is evident he never cared to know about Iranians. He never cared to learn that the martyrdom of Imam Husain, and its remembrance every year on Ashura, has instilled in all Iranians the spirit of preferring death to surrender before a tyrant
So how does one fight a people who are not afraid to die ( like the Vietnamese ) ?
To defeat the Iranians the Americans and their puppets, the Israelis, will have to kill all 93 million Iranians, because even if one Iranian remains alive, the war will continue.
Donald Trump ne ghalat logon se panga le liya hai.
(Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman of the Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own.)
