But unless the fomenters have a broad base of support, they will get  
nowhere.

It is a perception of injustice on the part of a large proportion of the  
population that allows a revolutionary/resistance/terrorist movement to  
flourish.

John

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:35:14 +0100, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Yes, Bob, that is why a multi-millionaire becomes a terrorist leader.
> Seems like he could do better spreading some of that money around
> amongst the poor. The fact is, the poor are hardly ever revolutionists,
> they are too busy trying to put food in their children's mouths to get
> involved. It is always the affluent middle class intellectuals who
> foment revolution. Yes, it was even so, here a couple of hundred years
> ago. The only difference between the American Revolution and others that
> I can see is that the fomenters were altruistic enough to let others set
> up the government (of course they did have a say about it). That is so
> unusual that I do not know of another case where that happened.
>
>



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