RICHARD Danzig – the man who will be national security adviser should Barack Obama become president of the USA– says the war on terror can learn a lot from Winnie the Pooh.
“Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security,� he said.
Don’t panic. There is no actual proof he is bonkers.
Leave all the irregular caps alone pleaseIndeed, I rather like the idea. You can easily imagine George W Bush saying: “I am a President of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.�
But this is Danzig’s lesson and what impresses him is the way Pooh Bear comes down the stairs each morning behind Christopher Robin bumping his head on each step. It is the only way he knows of coming down stairs, but sometimes he thinks there “really is another way if only I could stop bumping a minute and think about it�.
Get what Danzig’s on about?
Well, try harder.
US national security depends on this little bear in Hundred Acre Wood who has just advised Eeyore of the tremendous responsibility he now carries.
Eeyore: “Nobody tells me. Nobody keeps me informed. I make it 17 days come Friday since anybody spoke to me.�
The two friends settled down to discuss policy.
Pooh Bear: “Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.�
Eeyore: “They haven’t got Brains, any of them, only grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake, and they don’t Think.�
Pooh Bear agreed and felt Tigger could head up the new anti-terrorist unit.
“Because that’s what Tiggers do best,� said Tigger.
“But,� advised Winnie the Pooh, “don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.�
Tigger bounced away to get on with the job.
Eeyore was not sure Pooh Bear had told Tigger the right thing.
“When you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it,� answered Winnie the Pooh.
Though his spelling was Wobbly, Pooh Bear agreed they should open Dialog with the Trrrists and Eeyore agreed.
“No Give and Take. No Exchange of Thought. It gets you nowhere, particularly if the other person’s tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation,� he said.
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