Sun Zi

Wei Yi said on MSN Messenger:

1929 says:
Not all of Sun Tzu's advice is still applicable. For example, he would have handled the stubborn Sunni Arabs of Iraq, and Taliban of Afghanistan, by killing them all, or driving them into exile.

Chuang Shyue Chou says:
Good point there. A political decision that would have invited world condemnation.

He's absolutely right. Genocidal policies are not likely to pass muster these days. Given the large populations of many states today, it is simply inconceivable for most First World states though Rwanda, Dafur (Sudan), Bosnia and Cambodia can still happen. And not forgetting Turkey's genocidal practices in Armenia just less than a hundred years ago and the subsequent denial.