Another method

Submitted by Vijay (United Kingdom), Jul 28, 2007 at 08:47

>Submitted by Bernared I. Murstein, Jul 17, 2007 at 18:27

>Surprisingly, you left out the classic combination of gaining power through election and then crushing one's >adversaries--Adoolph Hitler Bernard I. Murstein

There is another classic method of gaining power - make coalitions to come to power, then crush coalition partners. This is known as Leninism.

I m sure Islamists will try all methods of capturing power in the text book.

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