Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.
Politics and strategy are one.
A great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.
Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.
Politics in Iran is not played like American football. It's played like chess. There are multiple moves. You're jumping ahead. And a lot of it is very subtle, and it catches you by surprise later on. So I don't want to go overboard on this.
Corporate competition is fierce, viewed by many as economic warfare where all is fair. But politics... now, this is something unique.
Lincoln was very wise about the Mexican War. He waited until the war was over until he criticized it.
It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.
It's a strategic thing to be in permanent campaign mode.
I knew Saleh well, having interviewed and met with him several times. He was a professional Machiavelli, fluent in all forms for political maneuvering.
That was the year the British decided to get out and sell everything. So I immediately held an election. I knew the people will be dead scared. And I won my bet big-time. The gullible fools!
At the same time Reverend Galamison policy is intelligent enough where he can't be used to attack me.
