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2006-02-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2006-02-03 14:50|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Any form of power, from the most primitive to the most mind-boggling, is always amplified enormously when it falls into the hands of those whose behavior is wild, erratic, and unpredictable.

This may sound like splitting hairs but erratic behavior usually lessons power. Certainly the level of threat is elevated. However, capricious conduct only encourages adversaries to be more acute to your actions as well as their own vulnerabilities. Furthermore, allies are more willing question motivations if youre perceived to be unpredictable.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-02-03 20:04|| 2006-02-03 20:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Worked for Hitler till he got big bad Uncle mad. Then Stalin played it till Khruschev.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-03 20:09|| 2006-02-03 20:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Once free America goes down, so goes the rest of the world - will say again the Spetzies and anti-US agendists have gotta know their own days are numbered once America is succesfully suborned or destroyed.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-02-03 22:43|| 2006-02-03 22:43|| Front Page Top

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