A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

The bizarre world of cards is a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments are meted out immediately.

A deck of cards [is] built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.

The bizarre world of cards [is] a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments [are] meted out immediately.

Yes, God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare a peace upon the world, and win it

The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

We must conquer war, or war will conquer us