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To: cosmicforce who wrote (109865)	4/26/2009 6:26:24 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541990

So the bigger something is (both metaphorically and physically) the more likely it is likely to keep moving in the same direction unabated. And in this case, like Bosnia, ethnic prejudice and divisiveness takes a would-be larger entity and tethers it to its smaller pieces, breaking up the large-unit momentum and allowing smaller ethnic players to pick off chunks of economic spoils, political power, regional autonomy and all kinds of goodies that local fiefdoms thrive on. It's also a multilateral game in a way that ships vs. pirates largely is not in your model, if I understand your point. Take the pirates and cleave them by clan loyalty and their campaign might fall apart; ditto ship convoys of different nationalities or shipping companies let rivalry stand in the way of the most efficient and secure solution for their ships.