In the rathouse 'o interpretation (WAS Re: politics and religion...)

[prozak at anus.com]

> unlimited. Meanwhile, Afghanistan still smolders; Pakistan harbors

A-A-Afghanistan? Oh, you meant Viet Nam II...

These wars are tough to find. Even with tons of technology, you're 
fighting in a realm where everything is either man-portable or 
discarded. So it's easy to take out the nominal leaders, but might 
take decades to subdue the population. And in that...

"He who fights monsters should be careful lest he thereby becomes a 
monster. And if thou gaze long into the abyss, the abyss will also 
gaze into thee" BG&E 146

In suppressing an enemy, one can turn into a monster (or simply 
reveal one's monstrous traits). Ask Lt Calley and the IDF!

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