Why You Should Read the Enemy's Books

In the 1970 classic biography film Patton, General George S Patton stood surveying the battlefield and yelled: “Rommel, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!” There’s debate about whether Patton said this, but regardless of the statement’s historical accuracy, we can all learn something from this strange declaration.

It is a strange thing for a general to say, isn’t it? Why wasn’t he focused on battle tactics, giving commands to his officers, or avenues of approach?

Well, the real General Patton was a tough man, but he was also an intellectual and a history buff. He knew that by reading the enemy’s books he could get inside of his enemy’s head and thus have a better chance at success. When you consider this, boasting about reading a book in the middle of a fight isn’t all that strange at all. It’s a bit of a psy-opp. It’s a way of saying “Hey, I know you. I know what you are going to do, and I’m ready for it!”

Whether or not Patton said the famous phrase is irrelevant. Knowing what we know about him, he might as well have said it. Why, with a little inspiration from Old Blood and Guts myself, I started my own journey into reading the enemy’s books!

I started with the Koran and Sunna because I needed to understand what I’d seen overseas. I soon learned that Political Islamists consider me to be a Kafir. It’s kind of like an infidel and similar to the n-word, but with middle eastern flair. I learned many other things that the talking heads don’t’ want you knowing about Political Islam, far too many for the purposes of this blog.

Karl Marx’s strange poetry taught me about his obsession with Lucifer and explained communism’s seething hatred of Christianity. Das Capital is a work of misery; its fruits are dark and dystopian. Many an author has taken inspiration from this man’s black heart, and when Marx adherents appear, they almost always play the villain, whether the author is aware of this or not.

Finally, I come to Klaus Schwab’s book, COVID 19, the Great Reset. Want to know why they keep shoving climate change down your throat? Why the statues are coming down? Why they don’t want you eating steak? Why they are pushing cricket consumption? Why the early 2020’s felt like Orwell’s 1984 threw up all over them? This book has it all! And while I don’t want to ruin it for you, here’s a little spoiler: Klaus’ ideas have nothing to do with saving the planet for our children, and everything to do with saving the planet for a few select weirdos with god complexes.

Evil is very proud. It can’t help but tell you its schemes. Every superhero show has that episode where the protagonist has been captured and the villain is boasting about their plans. There is an element of truth to that because evil is very full of itself; it wants to savor its victory. It wants to brag! It wants to shove it in your face…but this can be used to your advantage the way Superman always uses it to his.

So, when the enemy speaks, listen! When the enemy writes, read! Take it in, soak it up, and use it to prepare. Battles are easier won when you know the enemy’s avenue of approach.

When you’ve read the magnificent bastards’ books.

This post concludes our celebration of the word “why.” I hope you have enjoyed this journey as much as I have. My blog will be on hiatus for the next 2-3 weeks due to a personal issue. I hope to link up with you in the first week of May. This should give you plenty of time to read the enemy’s books, and any others you desire.

Be well dear reader. Be strong! And Infidel on!