Trojan Horse story:
"A great image of a horse. They built it of wood fitted and curved, and curved with a door so cunningly concealed that non might notice it. When it was finished the horse looked like a prodigious idol, but it was hollow skillfully pierced here and there."
The ancient Trojan Horse
"Useful Art" of Ancient Poetry:
“Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts”
The common English expression “beware of Greeks bearing gifts” - do not trust enemies who bring you presents—they could very well be playing a trick - is derived from Virgil's Aeneid. Although many people think that the story of the Trojan horse comes from Homer, his Iliad ends before Odysseus comes up with the Trojan horse deception.
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The Art of Deception
by Boris Tiraspolsky
Russian military theoretician Alexander Svechin described "useful" Operational Art of modern warfare as the “totality of maneuvers and battles in a given part of theatre military action directed toward the achievement of a common goal, set as final in the given period of the campaign”. According to the Svecin’s description, “totality of maneuvers and battles” in terrorist warfare waged against the United States by Islamic radicals could be defined as Art of Deception.
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Perhaps, the very first example of Art of Deception could be found in Greek mythology presented a story of a gigantic hollow wooden horse used by the Greeks to gain entrance to the city of Troy. After ten years of siege of Troy with endless “maneuvers and battles”, and being unable to capture the city, the Greeks sailed away and left the wooden horse, filled with armed warriors on the shore.
A Greek spy named Sinon, (precursor of contemporary Ideological Collaborators with Enemy)
(Read more... ) persuaded the people of Troy to take the wooden horse into the city. He convinced the people of Troy that to accept the wooden horse is the will of gods and by doing so they would make the city of Troy invincible for enemies. The people of Troy believed Sinon. At night he let out of the wooden horse the armed Greeks. They killed the guards, opened the gates to let in the returned main force of Greeks. Troy was captured.
Some sort of deception was always an integral part of a stratagem in all wars throughout the History of Men. However, there is a great deal of difference between a usage of deception in conventional wars and wickedness of Art of Deception employed by Islamic terrorists. One thing is to mislead enemy in order to win battle. Another - to fulfill a dream of eternal bliss by killing civilians. This is what precisely Islamic radicals use Art of Deception for.
Islamic radicals or rather "jihadists with sword" practice Art of Deception that is totally foreign to Ethics and Esthetics of civilized people. They mastered immoral and ugly forms of Art of Deception by elevating them to an extraordinary level of every day life. In order to recognize and counteract that phenomena, one must always keep in mind the “common goal, set as final in the given period of the campaign” by Islamic radicals. It is to kill as many American people, as possible, and consequently, brake the will of the Nation to resist Terror.
"Jihadists with sword" may skillfully mislead you about their original intent, but their “common goal” is always to kill you. They may have a friendly smile on their faces, wearing suicide bomber belts at the same time. They may tell you the truth you also agree with, but the goal is the same. They may join you to fight their rivals, the “common goal” never changes. They may live next door and treat you as the best neighbor and friend, the “final” goal is still to kill you.
Recognition of Art of Deception as the "jihadists with sword" way of life is a vital step toward anti-terrorist ideological awareness of the Nation. It is also necessary for emerging new realistic U.S. Global War on Terror Strategy and consequently, Operational Art capable of thwarting enemy’s Art of Deception by the anti-terrorist “totality of maneuvers and battles” - military, economic, ideological.
As an integral part of Operational Art of anti-terrorist warfare the United States have to develop anti-terrorist "Trojan Horse". The latter must include a wide variety of superior anti-terrorist Instruments - ideological, economic, and, of course, all sorts of “useful Arts” in battle.
(Read more...) So, “Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts”! In particular, "gifts" the Islamic "jihadists with sword" would not be able to resist! It is a double pleasure to deceive a deceiver”, after all.
