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Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (7998)	9/16/2001 5:23:16 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23153

Hi Dale, You correctly point out several new developments in the intermeshing of the various cultures and societies on the planet. However, I'll stand by Jesse Livermore's apt statement that the symbols may change, but human nature remains constant. I'm not sure who first made the statement regarding generals always fighting the last war. There is something to that effect in Sun Tzu's writings. I disagree with you about the Great Game. It hasn't ended totally, IMO. The Russian invasion of Afghanistan (1979-80) was certainly a part of the story. Our own soon to be tested mettle in involving ourselves in the region may well be considered the latest iteration of imperial forces attempting to impose our will on a fractious, chaotic region that has proven to be largely ungovernable. Even should we be successful at capturing Bin Laden, closing the camps and replacing the Taliban with a more friendly regime, we shall not be able to extricate ourselves from a nanny role without the risk of an instant reversion to the present unacceptable regimes or their ilk. Sun Tzu is probably more enduring than Machiavelli While Clausewitz has remained unreadable for a century and a half. Best, Ray