[lit-ideas] Re: Israel's Invasion Pretext Under Fire
- From: Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
--- John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 7/27/06, Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On a more somber note, has it occured to any
> theorists
> > of asymmetrical warfare, that asymmetrical war can
> not
> > by definition be won and therefore will never end?
> >
>
> Not so. There is a tried and true method with
> numerous historical
> precedents. It's called genocide.
>
> There lies the rub. We're not talking about
> reprisals of the Nazis in
> Czechoslovaka sort, on a 10 for one or even 100 for
> one scale. We are
> talking about Cato, "Carthago delenda est." Or the
> entrepreneurs who
> distributed blankets infected with smallpox to
> American Indians.
>
I was assuming that part of the asymmetry is the
dominant military force showing some restraint, but
you are of course absolutely correct both historically
and theoretically.
Yours,
Teemu
Helsinki, Finland
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