It was smarter and more tactical instead of facing them head on and he won when he went through the Alps
The present is key to the past (B)
A city manager's responsibility is to run the city and administrate it by supervising day-to-day activities of the groups appointed by the people, monitoring the city budget, public relationships (establishing relationships with the people to see what they want, such as new bills for Congress (to be turned into laws, etc.), and any additional duties may be in play (different duties vary by state).
According to Freud, this is Reaction Formation.
Another example can serve men that are prejudice against homosexuals are actually making a defense against their own homosexual feelings.
