To Titus

With all due respect, easy there, Titus.

I just came across your recent blog post and have a few pointers for ya. There’s more to a war than brute force and total nuclear annihilation. Any type of fight needs to be met with strategy, just like I stated in my last post. In regards to life, you gotta play not only with your best interests in mind, but with smarts in mind. If you don’t approach anything with caution and precision, you risk losing everything you’ve ever worked for.

First off, appearance ain’t shit, kid. You can’t let yourself be fooled by what catches your eye first, or ya leave yourself vulnerable for a potentially nasty surprise. Look beneath the surface, and you’ll be one step closer to succeeding. A gut on some guy doesn’t mean he’s some sorta great leader, it probably just means he’s got access to gourmet meals just for bein’ rich, white, and, well, the president. I know you’ve gone your whole life thinkin’ fat on a leader shows his “intellect and potential as a ruler” but really he just doesn’t care enough about his own health to watch what he eats.

And knowing that Trump doesn’t care enough about his own health, what makes you think he cares about preserving the wellbeing of people other than himself? Of a whole nation he hasn’t even met yet?

On the other hand though, I wouldn’t completely knock him as braindead quite yet. Clearly, he’s done somethin’ right to get where he stands today. He played the game oddly, but smart enough to win the presidential election.

He played out his election so ridiculously, that he couldn’t be serious, right? That he can’t really win, right? Well, the citizens of America thought that the idea of his presidency was too barbaric to really happen. So they don’t vote, they feel safe knowing he isn’t gonna win. Some even vote for him just for kicks- ‘cause he’s gonna need all the help he can get, right? Well. They underestimated him, thought they were safe enough to play it lazy.

They underestimated the enemy based on looks.

And now the world faces the consequences.

He didn’t need violence to make it that far. Or muscle. Or force. All he needed was to be seen by the people, to be heard. Even if it was bad press, it was press. He used some form of strategy and analysis of his audience to win.

Back to the point of all this- making it this far was only the beginning for him. 

Now, he ordered the assassination of that Iranian General. His next move? I honestly don’t see how this can play out very nicely, but I don’t see him sending nuclear weapons of destruction to Iran any time soon.

You say that if the United States launches their nuclear weapons to destroy the enemy and intimidate other nations into submission or respect, they will wind up victorious. But it’s not as black and white as that.

If you want to be a leader someday after your old man croaks, Khan, you gotta keep an eye out not just for the external enemy, but the internal one.

Internal revolution boils and cooks over time. It’s a slow heat, that you won’t even feel or notice while you’re rallying armies to attack and conquer other nations. But the real threat is when the internal revolution creeps out of the shadows and scalds you with their unpredictability- with their betrayal. 

You can’t assume everyone under your rule will love you and accept your rule. Sometimes those who really want to see you fall will be those you’ve known the longest, those who *should* always be at your side, those who you least expect.

I say this from experience. The one I loved the most ended up bein’ the one who damned me the most. I never thought that such a beautiful women like Laura could ever cause me such pain and agony. But, again, looks deceive. Sometimes the prettiest solutions end up makin’ the ugliest of problems.

Anyways, even though the world is cruel, unfair, and dominated by the wealthy, by the powerful, there will always be many, many people holding out hope. There will always be people who remember a day where they felt comfort and freedom, and they will dream of and fight for justice and freedom.

Although I’m amused at these peoples’ insistence that justice is truly possible, I do respect their stubbornness to fight for what they want. It’s their foolish dreams and stubbornness to succeed that will lead you to your doom if you take these people over and establish dominion with fear and power.

You say your enemies fear becoming smithereens. But there are people who have nothing to lose but their lives fighting for a concept. As silly as it sounds, again, it’s dangerous.

And again, you’re in no position to underestimate the power of a potential threat.

You may be ready to see some explosive fireworks, but be careful what you wish for. They might just blow up in your face.

With all due respect.

Ranch