http://cominganarchy.com/2009/11/04/when-to-maintain-contacts-with-bad-guys/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:47:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://cominganarchy.com/2009/11/04/when-to-maintain-contacts-with-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-391463 SJPONeill Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:52:42 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=7128#comment-391463 It probably depends how how important the strategic campaign objectives are against how important it is to appear squeaky clean and firmly on the moral high ground - I'd suggest that you can not do both to successfully prosecute a COIN campaign it is almost inevitable that you will have to compromise on some values and principles in order to focus on the big picture...for example note how many former members of Irish revolutionary organisations are now 'respectable political figures... It probably depends how how important the strategic campaign objectives are against how important it is to appear squeaky clean and firmly on the moral high ground – I’d suggest that you can not do both to successfully prosecute a COIN campaign it is almost inevitable that you will have to compromise on some values and principles in order to focus on the big picture…for example note how many former members of Irish revolutionary organisations are now ‘respectable political figures…

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