the divide and conquer strategy only works if the hegemon has the power to keep the divided groups from each others' throats (so that the divisions justify the hegemony). But the US doesn't have that power these days.
By the way, the US caterwauling about the lack of dignity of the killings of Saddam and the other two guys is simply just one more example of hypocrisy (as if we needed one!) The US didn't care about dignity when they offed Saddam's two sons (etc.) I think it's mostly PR spin and an effort to tell the Iraqi government what the range of its autonomy is. On 1/17/07, ken hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is this a example of the age old divide and conquer strategy. If it is, it seems exceedingly risky since it could lead to even more chaos in Iraq and perhaps spread to other countries as well.
--- Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A perfect propaganda campaign on the part of > pro-Washington regimes in > the Middle East. -- Yoshie
-- Jim Devine / "Doubt is uncomfortable, but certainty is ridiculous." -- Voltaire.
