attack was not an attractive proposition. There was never any suggestion of open persecution, let alone a massacre on the order of the St. Bartholomew’s Day slaughter of the Huguenots in France. The secret of clandestine warfare, by contrast, lies in the maxim, “If you don’t lose, you win.” Ever since Machiavelli, Western statesmen and politicians have been fascinated with the idea of combining the wiles of the fox with the strength of the lion. We have always used both to effect, but this time we