Once upon a time, there was this huge colony of fire-ants. These were warrior fire-ants. They were known for their fierce defense and oneness in war. Strategy was built into the fire-ants DNA from centuries of survival.
The fire-ants had hundreds of separate tribes, which we will call states. Each tribe or state had different laws, currencies, and belief systems. Whenever other tribes infringed on another state, there would be a council first, and a battle if peaceful negotiation failed.
Although they had different states, there was this amazing unity when faced with a common enemy. Like the huge black spider.
This black spider was not very intelligent, but it thought its huge size over the fire ants would be sufficient to conquer them
One day the black spider attacked the colony at dawn. War cries were given, and what were separate states, united into one mighty army to destroy the spider. After a long war, the spider was destroyed and the fire-ants returned back to their individual states.
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All the fire-ants hailed this one philosopher fire-ant called Ceetee. Ceetee was very intelligent and came from a line of famous warriors, some of them kings.
When news of the death of the black spider spread, it reached the ears of a second black spider called Noiz. Noiz the black spider was not as mighty as the first black spider, was shorter, and less given to martial ways. But Noiz had a highly strategic mind. His intelligence was renowned in the Spider webs and he had amassed a great fortune and comforts in life.
Now Noiz set his eyes on the fire-ant colony. He wanted to conquer them. He knew what the first spider did was foolish. So he developed a strategy to conquer all the states of fire-ants.
He sent his spies to recruit two weak fire-ants who were rebellious. He promised them great wealth and trained them to do his bidding.
He trained one of the recruits to be a saint and the other to be a political leader. He made the saint fire-ant to write many books and spread his intellectual fame. Soon the saint fire-ant became famous and people came to him for advice on life matters.
After some time, Noiz asked the saint fire-ant to spread the philosophy of non-violence.
Soon the people seeing as to how famous the saint ant was, accepted his philosophies of non-violence.
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But Ceetee saw it differently.
He called a meeting of his tribe and spoke to them.
"Non-violence is good, but it cannot be adapted as an overarching philosophy to govern all parts of our life," he said. "We are warrior fire-ants. The only reason your family is safe today, and your children have the ability and freedom to play and grow is because of the work we did in protecting our tribes from our enemies."
The other fire-ants countered: " The saint fire-ant is very knowledgeable in life and he must be right if he says non-violence is the best way to life. We need to change our ways. We need to replace our swords with love and brotherliness"
Ceetee laughed. "Non-violence is good to grow friendliness. Indeed the first strategy to avoid a war is friendliness and negotiation> This will indeed save lives & property.
But as a long term life strategy non-violence will not work."
"Why is that?" one of the ants asked.
Ceetee took a deep breath and said; " I come from a long line of warriors. My ancestors were trained in the secret arts of warfare and administration. They were kings. Non-violence if adopted on a life scale will make you weak. It will remove from yourself the ability to recognize the enemy and take action.
We fire-ants have always followed a singular rule in life. It's called PACDHIMK. This singular rule takes into consideration non-violence, and indeed it gives it a long enough leash to solve the problem."
"What is PACDHIMK?" one of the fire-ants asked.
PACDHIMK is a strategy of life to deal with events that cause wars.
-You first PREVENT trouble from happening. This is where non-violence comes in.
-Next is AVOID. We avoid trouble as much as possible by seeking alternate solutions and presenting it to the enemy. This is where negotiation comes in. We are still in the non-violence phase here. When negotiation and avoidance fail, strategy kicks in.
-We CONFUSE the enemy. We will try to confuse his agenda by subterfuge. Any method of confusion will do the job.
-Next is DISSAUDE. This is where non-violence ends and the martial way takes over. Given our reputation, the enemy would now consider withdrawing. If he doesn't we now move into:
-HURT. We make multiple guerilla attacks on the enemy's camps and cause destruction enough to send them a message. "
"What's that message?" one of the ants asked.
Ceetee continued: "The message is 'we have given you and non-violence enough time to reconsider your position. Now you leave us no alternatives except war'.
-Next is INJURE. We increase the destruction and injuries so the enemy will reconsider its agenda enough to withdraw and leaves us alone.
-Next is MAIM. This is where we do serious damage. We ID the main leaders and cause serious injuries enough to make a hole in their defense.
This completes our approach to war using non-violence as a guide.
"What's the last one? K?" a fire-ant asked.
"K is for KILL. When all else has failed, and if the circumstances call for it, only & only then do we then go to full-scale war and kill the enemy until all his units are destroyed. "
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There was a silent pause.
Now the other tribe members began to understand. They realized the dangers of adopting an all blanketing philosophy like Non-violence.
"It's this strategy that has kept the colony of fire-ants alive and well today. All the freedom we have is because of this philosophy. If we were passive, we would be working as slaves today.
The saint ant has no experience in the deeper aspects of life & administration, nor in strategy. Abandoning the lessons taught over centuries & adopting an un-tested & non-sustaining philosophy can only jeopardize your safety. And your community's safety. Look at your own immune system. When there is a threat to your health, what does the immune system do? It sends killer cells to destroy the invaders. If it didn't and adopted a non-violent attitude, you would be dead from a common cold." Ceetee ended.
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Word of this got around to the other tribes. By now almost all fire-ants were adapting the saint ant's nonviolence philosophies. Many had become weak and had thrown away their warrior ways to follow the saint ant. These ants were neither warriors nor saints. They laughed at Ceetee's words and called him a "conspiracy theorist".
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Eventually, the black spider Noiz persuaded the fire-ant tribes to drop their warrior ways, and change their lives by uniting as ONE big loving united country of fire-ants.
Sadly, the by now the hugely deluded fire-ant tribes believed this and destroyed their state-based existence and merged as ONE UNITED country of tribes, adopting a single currency system.
Not surprisingly, the saint ant and the political leader ant were made the president and prime minister of this new country.
The fire-ants never knew of the existence of Noiz, the black spider. It was HE who now ruled the entire colony of fire ants.
Using strategy the Black spider NOIZ, now had all the different fire ant colony in his control.
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And thus ended the tale of the great fire ant colony. After a few years, having forgotten their traditional survival ways, the fire-ants today live a slave lifestyle. Doing as the government tells them to.
All their weapons of war were confiscated and anything they had to stand up for themselves was soon lost to the wind.
One day Noiz decided that there were too many fire-ants, and he set fire to a huge percentage of the ants.
Ceetee managed to escape along with others and as he stood on a hill watching his colony burn, a wave of sadness washed over him.
He spoke these words slowly: "In any war, the greater strategist always wins."
And as the fires burned and lit the horizon a bright orange, and the screams of the dying fire ants began to fade, Ceetee and the survivors turned and faded away into the forest.
-Story & graphics by Abhie.
PACDHIMK is not wartime strategy. It's a personal strategy to deal with your everyday problems. PACDHIMK replaces non-violence as your watchword. Non Violence as a philosophy can be dangerous. It was introduced onto an unsuspecting sheep masses by a quack who had no experience in the deeper aspects of our reality, nor in warfare, nor in strategy. In just one generation this stooge quack replaced all the hard-earned lessons we had learned and replaced it with a blanket philosophy that essentially made you passive & open. It's like having erectile dysfunction all your life!
Non Violence can make you passive which can be dangerous for both you and your family & your community.
PACDHIMK incorporates non-violence and gives it an important phase in the beginning. Non Violence should be used as PART of your life stance & not REPLACE it entirely. To do so is to FAIL & lose, each time every time.
In real war, only the first 2 steps of PACDHIMK would be used.
The book on wartime strategy has already been written.
Peace & Love
Abhie
