--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The enemy of my enemy surely is my friend? > > Nick
No. That seems to me the belief of some of the European left which - asked to choose between Islamic terroism and the US - seems to kind of prefer the terrorists. How you got that from my statement I have no idea. But, to pick an obvious example, the enemy of my current enemy may not be my friend, but he might well be my ally, a very different thing. Stalin was not the United States's friend during the Second World War, but he was most definitely its ally. If I understand your discussions with Dan correctly, you seem to be advocating that the US deal with reality. I find this...amusing. Reality in the world today is that there are lots of bad people in it. Some of them want to harm the US. Some of them don't. Some of the ones who don't are also enemies of those who do. This may make them my tactical allies, even if they nonetheless remain bad people who are not my friends. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
