On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:03:16 -0400, Ken Koester <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> wrote: > They bide their time until they think they can strike & get away with > it. "Success" in politics of this sort has little to do with the > persuasiveness of words & everything to do with the persuasiveness of > force. When Khrushchev looked weak, Breshnev & Kosygin struck. Stalin > spent quite a few years removing potential competitors & demonstrating > to others that he couldn't be beaten. When it looked like he could be, > he had his potential successor assassinated in 1934, and started the > Great Purges. The one rival who escaped him he eventually had killed in > Mexico in 1940--showing that no one could get away. However patient > Dragaerans may be in general, House Jhereg seems to be no stranger to > intra-House warfare. They have more patience than we do. And they exist in a society where they do not have the power they would like. > Ah well, I'm off to sailboat racing for a week, won't be able to follow > up any further. > Have fun. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/