Sorry for the previous blank post - error on my part.
Andrew wrote:
> On 14 Sep 2001, at 21:36, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> > Indeed, enlisting evil to fight evil seems like a brilliant tactic.
> > After all, everyone who dies in the battle between two evils benefits
> > us.
> >
> > It is also a rational response to a world in which the bad guys
> > outnumber the good guys. In this world, you enlist the least bad
> > guys to destroy the greatest evil. Once the greatest evil is gone,
> > you then turn on the next greatest evil, and so on.
> >
> > To me, it is the most intelligent response to a dangerous world.
>
> So arming the KLA was smart? Oh yeah, they were armed by the
> western world, and quite well. Of course, that lead DIRECTLY to
> the troubles we have presently in Macodonia...
Given the situation, it was the best option available at the time. I think
you'll notice, too that the KLA used primarily soviet-bloc weapons. I
recall seeing loads of AK-47s and RPG-7 rocket launchers on the news. I
think the KLA got most of its weapons wherever it could.
> Deal with devils, and you create..well...more devils.
But if you insist upon only dealing with angels and you wait a long, long
time between deals.
Sometimes you've got to take the most appealing of several unappealing
options.
Adam C. Lipscomb
