"It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus, doubled agents are recruited and used." Sometimes, strategic alliances or controversial decisions are made not to please everyone but to turn potential adversaries into assets, gain critical advantages, or neutralize opposition. What may seem unpopular or counterintuitive in the short term could be part of a larger plan to achieve ultimate success.