This is the nature of democracy: You send in the planes and drop the bombs. Then you gather in the journalists and tell them to applaud. We need to study that.
-Russian General Alexander Lebed, commenting on US air strikes in Iraq, 9/96
It is painfully obvious that that the United States and the Soviets were mirror images of one another. Each projected itself on the other. Lebed seemed to grasp that concept. (He died in a helicopter crash in 2002, sadly. I hope it was not murder. Aeronautical crashes killing important people are always suspect.)
Christians and Muslims project themselves on each other. Neither has the answer. Both were likely founded by charlatans.
Here in America we have two political parties comprised of groups who project themselves on one another. Party leadership is unified in objectives while the people below fight their fights.
Russians should study that. When it comes to organizing the masses, two parties work better than one.
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