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See: Kim Jong-Il
by jon_hendry 16y ago
See: Kim Jong-Il
- b-man 16y agoI was thinking more in these terms: ... the entire "madman theory" of coercion was flawed in its essence, depending as it did on twisted logic that assumed an adversary would respond to a calculated show of irrationality with something other than irrationality of its own. [1] [1] http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0614-20.htm http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0614-20.htm In that article you can see what kind of danger unchecked assumptions and arrogance can lead people into, specially when these traits are carried by people with access to WMD.