{"id":55202,"date":"2017-05-21T00:04:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T00:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55202"},"modified":"2017-05-21T00:04:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T00:04:05","slug":"ooda-ouroboros-and-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55202","title":{"rendered":"OODA, Ouroboros &#8212; and Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; first of three relatively minor posts while awaiting Trump&#8217;s Saudi speech re Islam ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>First off, the <strong>Boyd OODA loop<\/strong> &#8212; shown in the lower panel below in one of <strong>Michael Wilson<\/strong>&#8216;s variant versions from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ouroboros#\/media\/File:Chrysopoea_of_Cleopatra_1.png\">Graeco-Roman Egypt<\/a> &#8212; is an Ouroboros, shown in the upper panel in a version from <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020601231255\/http:\/\/www.metatempo.com\/DSSIOntology.PDF\">Toward an Ontology of Integrated Intelligence &#038; Conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SPEC-DQ-ouroboros-boyd-michael-wilson-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"644\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SPEC-DQ-ouroboros-boyd-michael-wilson-1.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SPEC-DQ-ouroboros-boyd-michael-wilson-1-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Then, the loop is getting so tight here, it&#8217;s almost a tautology:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf Donald Trump gets impeached, he will have one person to blame: Donald Trump,\u201d one of those administration officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s from <strong>The Daily Beast<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2017\/05\/19\/trump-officials-he-looks-more-and-more-like-a-complete-moron\">Trump Officials: \u2018He Looks More and More Like a Complete Moron\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One hardy perennial ouroboric comment about President Trump is that he has shot himself in the foot [ eg: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/the-moment-donald-trump-shot-himself-in-the-foot-at-the-republican-debate-a6713501.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/chapman\/ct-donald-trump-second-amendment-clinton-20160810-story.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2017\/apr\/12\/trump-shooting-his-own-foot\/\">3<\/a> ] &#8212; even when he thinks abpout shooting someone else on Fifth Avenue:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GiqmzIukvgU?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; first of three relatively minor posts while awaiting Trump&#8217;s Saudi speech re Islam ] . 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