"Operation:..Mongoose!"

Prizefighter, Boxing Trainer,Philosopher, Poet,Artist, Sports Commentator, Author, Actor, ..former Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore was all these in his day. Moore was a true Renaissance Man,whose slick counterpunching style catapaulted him to champion status, and earned him the nickname ,"The Mongoose".But, it was as philosopher that Moore truly shined. Indeed, he was the first pugilist to lift a sport of sweat and technique, ,into the realm of philosophy, not only with his unorthodox fighting style, but also with his writings and musings on the sport as well. In fact, Moore believed that his own boxing style had transcended  technique and crossed into pure philosophy. So much so, that once, while discussing ring strategem, Moore stated that not all heavy punches were heavy,..not all traps worth avoiding,..nor all openings there,..to be taken,not all exhaustions should be thought depleting,..nor all ring ropes constricting to one's back,..no corner had to be without room to fight,..no knockdown was like any other,..and no paradox could ever press upon you,..without offering it's compressed power.
Indeed.Archie Moore was to boxing ,what Kasparov is to Chess. Moore excelled as an instructor of the sweet science as well, ..and had even trained a young Cassius Clay ,..for future greatness,before their clashing egos made future alliances as teacher-student;..virtually impossible.Young Cassius, who would later become Muhammad Ali, had nonetheless been the sorcerer's apprentice at one time,and, whether in the realm of poetry, boxing philosophy, or blustering self-promotion and braggadocio,it became obvious that Ali was indeed a practitioner of an art , a science, and a philosophy, that the Mongoose,has perfected.
Indeed, Ali would use all he had learned from Moore, not only to defeat him soundly as an opponent in the squared ring, but to also defeat Moore's young protege George Foreman as well.
Foreman had won the title by dispatching Ali nemesis and Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier with frightening ease, and then compounding  the insult to Ali's ego, by defeating contender Ken Norton as well, using sledgehammer power to destroy all the Norton style , technique, and yes, philosophy,that had given Ali fits, in a 12 round split decision fight, that went to Norton. This did not bode well for Ali's chances to regain the title from Foreman. After all, how could Ali hope to survive against an opponent who had dispatched his two deadliest rivals, with the ease of a man swatting flies?
Indeed, it seemed an impossible task for the aging Ali,who could no longer fully depend on the weapon that had won him the title from Sonny Liston, his Hermes-like speed. To a man, virtually every boxing pundit, expert, commentator,sports writer, and yes,..even Ali's own Trainer Angelo Dundee as well, ..all agreed Ali's only chance against Foreman ,..the only way to avoid the fate of Frazier and Norton,was to employ his blinding hand and foot speed ,and stay in lateral motion ,..jabbing, dancing, moving continuously,from the first bell to the last.Speed, speed, and more speed,..was the only way Ali could survive , let alone win,..an encounter with Foreman. No small task indeed. Ignominious defeat, and possibly permanent injury, seemed almost a certainty as fight night in Zaire Africa, loomed ever nearer.
But, Ali, employing the Moore philosophy,..saw the truth behind the myth of Foreman invincibility ,..and understood how Frazier and Norton had been destroyed. To run from a truck,..only gives it momentum, and feeds its destructive power. You must , instead deflect, turn, and stall the power,compress it upon itself,..until its own power, destroys it. Ali, the sorcerer's apprentice, had learned from the master well, and against the monster that was Foreman, he would now employ that knowledge , to regain a crown unjustly taken from him.
Not all heavy punches were, in fact,..heavy. Not all traps worth avoiding,..nor all openings there,..to be taken,..and no paradox,..could be pressed upon you,..without offering its compressed power.
So it was written,..so it would be done,..as Ali ignored all advice all council,..and relied instead on that which he had learned,..from the Old Mongoose. Ali would not dance,..would not run,..would not be the elusive,.. ephemeral target he had been, a decade earlier, against lesser opponents.No,..now employing the old master's philosophy, Ali would stay in the mouth of the cannon, the center of atomic fusion itself,..Ali would not run ,..but would not stand and freeze ,..like Frazier and Norton either,..he would instead go to the ropes and allow Foreman what he wanted, a stationary target,..frozen in time,..waiting for the crushing destruction carried in Foreman's lightning fast, sledgehammer fists. Ali would wade into the tempest, and test his own strength against this force of nature ,..while he was still fresh,..and use the rings ropes to absorb and dissipate the impact of  the Foreman attack. Then, in brief moments when Foreman would pause,..Ali would strike strike from the ropes with lefts and rights fast as karate strokes,..their power multiplied,..by the forward momentum ,..of Foreman.
The strategem was obvious,..let my opponent unleash all hell upon me,..while I wait and strike at the very instant  all muscles relax,..and breath is drawn deeper. Pure philosophy,..a masters psychological  strike,..designed to break a fighter,..not physically,..but mentally.For,..once a man's mind is gone,..his body cannot endure. Round after round,..Foreman's reward for his savage bombardment,..were lightning fast strikes to his head,..that not only drained strength,..but will as well.
Indeed, Ali's strategem seemed to say "All your strength ,..all your power,..all your relentless fury,..are for naught .I will absorb it all into myself,..and make your strength,..my strength,..and,..at the moment of full realization,..of  your inevitable defeat,..then,..I will strike,..
And so Ali did,....In the eighth round,after enduring all that Foreman could muster,..Ali saw exhaustion and confusion personified ,..in the form of Foreman,..and volleyed a five punch salvo ,..that sent Foreman staggering forward,..head and body falling,..in disconnected segments to the resin stained canvas,..unable to fully comprehend,..what had transpired,..unable to fathom,..how his only weapon,..overwhelming power,..had destroyed him,..and left him easy prey for the slashing punches of a man who did not recognize his power,..ignored his traps,..disregarded accepted strategems,..and, instead employed the Mongoose  strategem ,..the paradox of absorbing crushing force,..and converting it into a compressed , powerful counterattack.
You do not avoid the yawning chasm of destruction,..but instead wade into it,..and force it to turn its destruction upon itself,..by close range implosion.
The student,..Ali,..had become the master in this battle,..
And decades later,..on another battlefield,..another student of the new master,..Ali,..would use this self same philosophy to destroy another determined foe,..in a far different arena of conflict.
Donald J.Trump , longtime apprentice to the sorcerer Ali,..would use all he had learned ,..through years of study at the feet of this master,..to overcome his determined rival  in the quest for the Presidency,..Hillary Rodham Clinton. Like with Ali, all Trump confidants and critics alike had encouraged him to avoid all Clinton tricks and traps,..prepare relentlessly,..stay on message,..ignore all distractions and disruptions,..control temperment,..show Presidential restraint,..by ignoring all personal attacks ,that were surely to be Clinton's only viable weapon. It seemed to be the way to go. Even adviser and confidant Newt Gingrich encouraged Trump to disregard all Clinton baiting and traps , and simply stay on message .That , they said, would insure Hillary defeat,..since thirty years of political failure gave her no strategic options .To win,Clinton must attack all Trump weak points and keep the focus on him exclusively.
This strategem seemed to work,..in the days following the Democrat Convention ,..as Clinton's poll numbers continued to rise in the wake of the Kaiser Khan, "Gold Star Family" trap that Trump willingly,..even eagerly,..fell into. Yet,..Trump counterpunched effectively,..exposing the Khan family's Sharia Law hypocrasy,..while still pivoting to policy agenda seamlessly,..in capacity crowd rally after rally. It was obvious. Trump saw the truth. Trump knew what Ali knew,..when facing Foreman,..running,..and defensive minded caution,..was a formula for defeat. To win,..he must simply do what he did in the Primaries,..absorb the attacks of his opponents,..and counter effectively,..stay on the attack,..constantly,..relentlessly,.. forget prevent defense,..and stop the Clinton attack,..with a lightening quick counterattack of his own.
The debate at Hofstra University started as predicted ,with Clinton on the attack,..using the Trump birther issue, women issues, and unreleased tax returns,..as her main ammunition. For his part, Trump treated Clinton as a mere sparring partner ,..like a Champion boxer preparing for the real battle to come,a Champion who knows if he dared unleash fully on his overmatched opponent,..a quick KO would be the inevitable result. But, from the opening minutes,..Trump treated this debate as if it was mere exhibition, not battle,..and essentially stayed in the sparring mode,..parrying and countering Clinton's attacks well,..with quick reminders of her destructive agenda that includes unending tax and regulation increases,..and email and server security breaches,..that left our nation vulnerable to our enemies,..and her thirty years of public service,.. that accomplished nothing,..except a collapsed economy,..a weakened military,..and personal profit,..through the fraud and malfeasance of the Clinton Foundation.
Yet, despite effective moments,..Trump, like Ali,..seemed to stay on the defensive,content to allow Clinton to attack unfettered, seemingly curious to test the limits of her strength. Trump understood that to respond and attack aggressively throughout the debate,..would leave Clinton with untapped reserves,..weapons that could be deployed,..in later debates. Trump knew, he had to test her strength from the start,..and let Hillary fire away,..let her try,..to take him down,..
The birther and tax return issues were easily deflected,..Hillary surrogate Sidney Blumenthal created the Obama birther conspiracy,..and Trump merely used the existing bankruptcy laws to avoid certain taxes, as any businessman worth his salt would do.
However, the Hillary secret weapon was harder to deflect, and ignore. A Miss Universe contestant from the nineties ,..accusing Trump of "fat shaming" her, and racist comments about her in general,..seemed to take Trump by surprise,..and kept him on the defensive until the end of the debate,where ironically ,..Trump's instinctive sense of chivalry prevented an all out counterattack against Clinton.Trump could have easily crushed her, with the documented abuse Hillary had unleashed upon women who had dared accuse her husband of sexual harrassment,..and rape. It was an easy opening,..Clinton's slow jab,..had left her vulnerable to the Trump overhand right,..but employing the Moore philosophy ,..Trump ignored the opening,..calculating that restraint,..in the face of Bill and Hillary's daughter Chelsea,..seated in the front row,..would demonstrate the compassion and level headedness that all Commander in Chiefs must have, in order to survive the pressures of the office. In fact,..Along with exposing Hillary's thirty years of failure, and her plans for massive new tax and regulation outrages,..Trump's refusal to throw the KO punch, against a helpless opponent,..out of respect for her daughter,..was perhaps one of Trump's finest moments of the night,
We already knew that Trump has political skill, charisma,..and a powerful stage presence,..but now,..we know he has the empathy,....the heart,..   that defines all Great Leaders.
Did Trump win the debate?Of course,..for there is no debate,..on the issue of Clinton's qualifications to be President.
This isn't a children's game. As Trump pointed out,..
In her thirty years of public service,..Hillary Clinton has accomplished nothing. Nothing.
Clinton and the Democrat Party have done nothing,..except damage this country,..with their never ending agenda of increased taxes and regulations,..a weakened military and police force,..attacks on 2nd Amendment rights,..contempt for our allies in freedom, and appeasement of America's enemies,..attacks on the Judeo-Christian values that are the foundation of our constitution,..and refusal to secure our border against the enemies of freedom.
As Trump stated during the debate;.."You had thirty years to change things, and you did nothing."
So be it.
Two debates remain,..and while Hillary has already unleashed her full salvo,..Trump has yet, to attack in earnest, on email and server security violations, on the Benghazi outrage,..and the crimes of the Clinton Foundation.
Once he does, it's all over.
All pretense of debate details will then, fall away,..in the face of the grim reality,
The savage truth,..
Hillary Clinton can never win any political debate,..against any Republican opponent,..because her entire political existence is one of lies, corruption,..contempt for our military and allies,..and security breaches in the name of personal monetary profit.
Weigh all this;..against the Trump offences;..
Abrasive comments about women,..,..and failing to release his tax returns,..
Enough.
Even with two more debates to go;..
The debate is over;..
The battle lines clearly drawn,..and Trump, using the Mongoose strategem;..allowed his opponent to simply destroy herself;..
Self Crucified,..by her own lies and deceptions,..
Crushed ,..beneath the weight of her own sinister ambitions,..
Now , there comes the counter attack;..the emails,..the sever,..Benghazi,..the Clinton Foundation,..and the exposure of the Miss Universe attack, ..as that of a politically motivated opponent with a criminal past,.
All this,..will seal Hillary's fate.
The debates mean nothing,..because the debate is over,..
This is a fight , for the soul of the nation.
Good versus Evil. Pure and Simple.
The Republican Agenda is one that cuts taxes and regulations , strengthens our military, protects our Second Amendment rights, secures our border, defends our constitution, and our allies in freedom. and will elect conservatives to our Supreme Court,..who will interpret our constitution , as it is written.
Democrats raise taxes and regulations,..on all Americans ,..guaranteed.
Democrats weaken our military,..guaranteed.
Democrats will leave our border unsecured, guaranteed.
Democrats will attack or 2nd Amendment rights,..guaranteed.
Democrats will attack our Judeo-Christian values, and Constitution;..guaranteed.
Democrats will attack our allies in freedom, while appeasing our enemies that seek to destroy us,,..guaranteed.
And,..most importantly,..Democrats will appoint Liberal Supreme Court Justices, that will end our 2nd Amendment right,..the one right,..that protects all others,the right.that makes all freedoms possible,...guaranteed.
Forget all debate pretense.
This is Good versus Evil;..the Eternal Battle;..with the fate of the nation and the world itself,..hanging in the balance,..
Trump has withstood the tempest,..and still remains,..undestroyed.
We the People,..must choose,..now.
Stand with Trump and the Republican Party,..the greatest force for freedom yet devised by man,..or back down, and be damned forever,..by the children you condemned ;..
To Eternal,..Democrat imposed darkness,...