From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@msx.upmc.edu)
Date: Sat May 25 2002 - 11:24:04 MDT
Dickey, Michael F
[mailto:michael_f_dickey@groton.pfizer.com] wrote:
Curious, I wonder how you would propose handling the
expansionist nature of
an aggressive state which does not directly attack you.
Taking a cursory
look at history reveals horrendous non-democratic corrupt
despotic
governments murdering 10's of millions of people. Many of
these murderous
regime's may have been stopped by an assassination or two.
### I doubt it. The aggression and expansion are not mere expressions of the
will the despot. These features are deeply ingrained in the fabric of the
societies exhibiting them, and the removal of a dictator by an outside force
only creates the room for another monster to take his place. If Hitler was
killed by British assassins in 1939, the Nazi state might be slowed down
slightly, just enough to feed the indignation of the populace at the death
of their beloved leader (and he was beloved, my parents tell me) into a more
destructive frenzy. The system enabling genocide would be left intact, the
incentives to the ruling class (easy plundering of Jewish and Slavic
persons), would all be there, until an Armageddon of a military force
crushed it and let a new system grow on its ashes.
The best way of dealing with the evil empire is the hard one - be strong,
crush it, be lenient to the survivors, extend a helping hand of the Marshall
Plan and don't take the easy shortcuts.
Rafal
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 09:14:21 MST