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To: aladin who wrote (115094)	9/17/2003 4:06:54 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I think you misunderstood those posts. The way I read the post about Mao, no one was praising his policies, but the poster was arguing that his tactic were worthy of study. There is a tendency, when looking at people one does not like, to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and assume that because one does not like what they do, they are not good at anything. Mao was brilliant. You and I may not like what he did to China (although I can only speak for myself, and I do not like what he did), nevertheless he was often brilliant about the way he did it- and a brilliant tactician should always be studied. You can often learn a lot from men you consider enemies. Friends usually already think the way you do, and do things the way you do- that is why they are "friends"- you are comfortable with the way they are. But you can learn a lot more from an enemy who comes at things in a totally different way- even if you only learn from him how to defend yourself, that is a great deal, and worthy of study.

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