To: DugwayDuke
Fighting between rival warlords and an inability to deal with famine and disease led to the deaths of up to one million people."" And you contend that this assesment is correct, and that a central government - any central government - would have prevented it?
323 posted on
02/22/2006 7:12:48 PM PST by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
"And you contend that this assesment is correct, and that a central government - any central government - would have prevented it?"
Would you consider the prevention of the deaths of approximately 10-15% of the population to be a legitimate function of a central government?
351 posted on
02/23/2006 4:22:03 PM PST by
DugwayDuke
(Stupidity can be a self-correcting problem.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson