Don: "If they were idiots, they would be easy enough to outsmart. Don't underestimate them. They know what they are doing in the same way a cunning and predatory animal knows what it's doing.
That's the key. They're predators."

...and due respects, in return. Would you be willing to differentiate between 'smart' and 'cunning'?..as in, 'one could be very cunning, at doing stupid things?'.

I think we can find common ground on that one....and even eek out a grin.

GfS