Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters.
Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.