Washington should know, history’s repeating itself in Tehran

Around 2,300 years ago, Chanakya wrote in his Arthashastra (paraphrased), “I shall create troubles in his fort… [and] cause him to sustain heavy loss of men and money…sow the seeds of dissension among his friends… cut off supplies and stores going to him…and compel him to make peace with me on my own terms.” He was, in essence, arguing that victory was not always achieved through swift conquest. More often, it came from the slow weakening of an adversary.

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