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To: Dayuhan who wrote (217857)	2/12/2007 8:07:02 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

The Romans didn't make the mistake of killing anyone with enough education to make anything work. It doesn't take a lot of education to maintain aqueducts. The Romans were far more disciplined in their management style. If the army didn't perform well, they lined up all the officers and killed every tenth one. [Hence the word decimation.] I think the Romans should also be credited for the pre-cursor of reality TV. The coliseums. That's where the little guys were slaughtered for the entertainment of the masses. Management style is everything. jttmab

To: Dayuhan who wrote (217857)	2/12/2007 8:12:46 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

Shining moments in American History. 2. Secretary of State Henry KISSINGER discusses the Khmer Rouge regime with Thailand's Foreign Minister Chatichai, November 26, 1975 KISSINGER: "You should also tell the Cambodians that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs, but we won't let that stand in our way. We are prepared to improve relations with them." 3. Ford and KISSINGER discuss Cambodia with Indonesia's President Suharto, Jakarta, December 5, 1975 4. Former US National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, on China and the Khmer Rouge, 1979: “I encouraged the Chinese to support POL POT. POL POT was an abomination. We could never support him, but China could.” According to Brzezinski, the USA “winked, semi-publicly” at Chinese and Thai aid to the Khmer Rouge. yale.edu