Those who claim their enemies understand only the language of force understand only the language of force. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A very useful heuristic, a potent filter: When someone criticizes you, train to immediately ask yourself: "Would I rather be him/her, or I'd rather be me?" before taking the remark at face value. It works wonders.

If you must keep murdering more and more people in order to survive, & use a (temporary) superpower to prop up fragile regimes around you for the illusion of peace, you are, simply, not sustainable.

There are 37 abandoned Crusader fortresses in the Levant.

And they're aware of us though
And we don't give a flyin' 747 fuck though
Stayin' on my hus-tle