"Divide and rule" could this be what is happening....?

Question

Less than a decade ago there was such hope for world peace and multiculturalism. No it seems sooo much distrust. As another poster brought up "divide and rule". Has this schism in hope for world peace been masterfully planned???

Well in the 80's and early nineties it was more hopeful time. Hands across the world do not seem to be taught so much anymore.

Answer 1

Divide and conquer has been in use as long as man has been on earth. Everyone one is aware of it, so it's effectiveness is to say the least compromised, before it is put into effect.

Answer 2

I wouldn't call it "Masterfully Planned".

Anyone in power can do it, and has been doing it for all of human history.

The trick is to get the victim to finally realize it before it's too late.

So the real question is not "who is masterful enough", it's "is it too late?"

Yeah, that was me asking the other question. I think this way all the time. It's not fun, mainly because it's so accurate.

Consider these major disasters:

Lenin won the Russian Revolution because the Loyalists were busy fighting WWI.

Mao won the Chinese Revolution because the loyalists were busy fighting the Japanese.

And now this one:

(?) is winning the revolution here because we're busy fighting somewhere else, and paying no attention to what is going on right under our noses.

Answer 3

Less than a decade ago?

Less than a decade ago:
-800,000 Rwandans murdered
-Civil war in Congo
-Continued terrorism against Israel
-Continued low intensity conflict with Iraq
-Marxist guerillas terrorizing South America
-Chinese continue taking of Tibet
-Russia and Chechnya going at it
-Serbia, Kosovo, etc
-India and Pakistan join the nuclear club, and both have continuing issues about Kashmir
-North Korea developing nukes and exporting missiles to Middle East
-Haiti
-Somalia
-al Qaeda attacks on 2 US embassies in Africa

So, I guess I'm not really sure about all this hope for peace or where it might have come from, because it certainly didn't seem to me that peace had much presence in the world.

Answer 4

Well, the offices of government have changed in the last decade.
"Rule" of a divisive state is certainly easier than one whose people have solidarity.

Masterfully planned? Dunno. Could have been opportunist. I dont give the current players credit for having that much intelligence to have planned on such a large scale the devisiveness of so many.

Almintaka hit it well on the last paragraph there.
Under our noses Bush has signed into existence more laws than Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton combined, hundreds more.
A great many take away rights of Americans.

Its not over, and hopefully there is no carry-over, before it too late.

Answer 5

well yeah , divide and conquer is a very male oriented symptom heheheh if you get my drift and yes , you win when your enemies are not one unity. peace can never happen , as long as the US government is hung on divide and conquer notions. The USA is a nation hung up on power , consumed in it;s own agenda of conquering the world and taking over it is richness . this is by the way , the agenda of all imperial nations ... those who believe that utter power is what they are here for.

in division there is weakness and that is what the Arabs failed to understand , thinking that by abiding to the us government patriarchal agenda , they will keep running business in their countries , and they failed to understand that Saddam was nothing but a US puppet and when his role as thug ended , the US thought " well it is time to kick his $#$SS out of the region " he is no longer of value ...... peace efforts will never take shape until all those who are angry with each other sit and talk it over

arab figuer heads are so slow to take action and are exteremely ego centeric , none of them is seeking unity , which i think is what makes them a sitting duck for all sorts of agression

this part of world according to the US and israel has to always be in confilict and always boiling in anger and resentment , so as to always be contorled , in anarachy there is a system :))) and ofcourse those in the US are aware that there will be more terrorist attackes and they know that this is the price they need to pay ... on thier search for supremecy and power.

BUT what if it back fired , and this will happen and in fact is happeing .. it is only a matter of TIME

Answer 6

Oh, yes indeed !
Look to China and Friends in the Arabic World !
Divide the WEST and deal from positions of strength .
Why is China , a land power , building a large Navy ?

Answer 7

It depends on more parameters, that you should put all of them on the table, if you can omit those parameters which interfere in the worlds peace, that it's going to be done against bush, you can hope to get what you wish. The First enemy of peace in the world is bush and his dirty cabinet.

Answer 8

Ask the great divider, Bush.

Answer 9

Maybe, but it hasn't been planned by GW. I don't beleive he has the capacity to think it through.