What the Thai Huntsman Spider taught this Peace Corps volunteer about the art of war.
When I finished college in 2008, I felt compelled to serve my country as a United Statesvolunteer. I spent two years training teachers and building a modest library in a quaint village in eastern Thailand. Surprisingly, I also learned a great deal about the art of war.
We’ve been dancing this dance with a huntsman named Vladimir since the end of the Cold War. Time and again, we’ve locked eyes over the past thirty years — over Syria, Iraq, Libya, and on and on. Time and again, we’ve remembered that only one side can survive a direct military confrontation between our two nuclear powers. And time and again, we’ve turned our heads just long enough for Vladimir to crawl back into the shadows and simmer.
As weeks turned into months and years in the Peace Corps, I learned that the only way to respond to a charging huntsman is to crush it. Quickly. Completely. Until it is dead. No other path leads to peace. Any delay results in being chased, or bitten, or driven away.
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