From: Kai Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Sun Jan 26 2003 - 08:04:38 MST
Am Samstag, 25. Januar 2003 20:26 schrieb Lee Corbin:
> My favorite Machiavelli trick was how a ruler could solve
> a frequent 15th century problem. [...]
> It would be extremely difficult for most of the readers of
> this list, certainly including me, to look a trusting
> subordinate right in the eye and lie like that, planning
> his death, and using him as a pawn.
Using the Taliban against the Soviets or using Saddam against Iran seems
to be a similar concept.
Kai
-- == Kai M. Becker == kmb@kai-m-becker.de == Bremen, Germany == "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"
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