Yurp tossed religion in the waste basket. That resolved all manner of troubles, since God was left out of discussions. Politics could have created friction, but nobody risks existential crisis should some other party succeed in an election. There will be a next election in which you can make a push to garner some market share. Some people swap politics and nobody has to die over that. They can agitate, but it is not a life or death issue.
The lesser nations of the world tend to feel their politics are life and death, so work to gain market share with blades and bullets. Tribal politics over the national or regional health. For some reason the religions of Abraham are very insanely dangerous. Maybe it has to do with the All Mighty wanting him to poke a hole in his first born son. It is all Cain and Abel. Neither one of the boys was pure, but, for some reason, put two humans in competition, and you get friction. Remove or restrict lubricants, such as drink, herb, sex, and the ignition point drops to ambient temperature. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Dec 7, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > My wife gave me a littl book some years ago, a brief history of the Middle > East (I forget the actual title). It was basically like continuous warfare > among various parties, not entirely unlike Europe with the exception that > Europe seems to have finally gotten past most of it though you have Pootie > keeping the pot stirred and the occasional dust up involving the religion of > peace after the commie so got booted. The continuous warfare continues among > the various flavors of mohametism now, not entirely unlike the past, and > against the infidels too. It will likely continue until more strong men reach > some stasis, but you have Israel in the mix that will continue to grate on > them, among other factors. > > I get the sense they (the various flavors) are all basically incompatible > with each other and the larger world though some small fraction appears to > coexist more or less among the more civilized parts of the world and keep > their issues in check, more or less. > > --R (sent from my miniPad) > > On Dec 7, 2015, at 7:47 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > My feeling would be to back out of all manner of engagements and reposition > to bases far from the toxic environments. Allow the places of trouble to go > to hell in a handbasket, while providing a barrier to contain it. The fires > will burn out in time. Those who survive will be given assistance to > rebuild. Worked wonders for Europe under Marshall plan. Japan came back > strong once they stopped fighting and calmed down. > > Much like with ebola, we quarantine the mess, contain the infection, which > may take a few innocent individuals, but will burn out the most deadly > characters in the end. Nobody has the intestinal fortitude to allow the > fever to do its job though. The Balkans could have been an example, but > outsiders became involved, so everybody joined in. The toxin remains in the > region, and will spark again because the fuel remains. The same trouble has > been what kept the Middle East so volatile. The trouble makers get out and > spread the infection. If we could trap these vectors and let them burn > through the population, the tinder would be gone, the immune response would > take over, and trouble would be dealt with swiftly in future by locals. > > > > clay _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
