To: Curlyhead
The barbarians have since the dawn of time consistently over ran far more technically advanced civilizations for one reason. The civilizations refuse to recognize the threat they are under, and choose to die rather than face it.
5 posted on
08/01/2006 7:08:23 AM PDT by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: redgolum
"The barbarians have since the dawn of time consistently over ran far more technically advanced civilizations for one reason. The civilizations refuse to recognize the threat they are under, and choose to die rather than face it."
Well stated. The idea of a "non-state actor" sounds a lot like the Tartars or the Mongols riding across the steppes, doesn't it?
14 posted on
08/01/2006 9:40:31 AM PDT by
redpoll
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