The enemy of my enemy is my friend

[JitterbugPerfume]

is this ever defensible?

[againes654]

1. Well it is kind of childish to me

Takes me back to Jr High. "You better not be friends with Lindsay because I don't like her"

[Bonobo]

2. Maybe not your friend, but if your interests intersect, it is foolish not to use it.

[cynatnite]

3. The only time I was ever okay with it...

was when Wolverine, Storm, Jean and the others worked with Magneto and Mystique to rescue the Professor and the other mutant kids. :)

[NeedleCast]

12. And That Alliance was almost destroyed by one line

"We love what you've done with your hair."

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Worked pretty well in WWII.

If the west hadn't become "friends" with the Soviet Union, and vice-versa, we'd probably be speaking German and bitching about the scheisskopfen running the government...very quietly.

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. this is similar to what I had in mind

sometimes things are not so black nd white

[TomInTib]

5. Or, as Mythsaje so succinctly stated....

"The enemy of my enemy is just another dickhead."

[Gonzo Gardener]

10. Oh man, you beat me to it!

and I was granted usage rights and all...

:rofl:

Go Tom!!! :toast:

[TomInTib]

13. Do I have to send you a check?

If so, will you split it with Saje?

[Gonzo Gardener]

14. FIRST ROUND IS ON TOM, EVERYBODY!!!

:toast::bounce::toast::bounce::toast::bounce::toast::bounce::toast:

Friend of my friend is my friend!!!

[Tian Zhuangzhuang]

6. The Stern Gang (Lehi)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_gang

Jewish terrorist group fighting the British in Palestine they sought funding and arms from Britain's enemy Nazi Germany. (Going as far as asking Nazi Germany to support the creation of Israel)

[aikoaiko]

8. Almost always when the mutual enemy is more dangerous than the other "friend".

:shrug:

[zonmoy]

9. if the common enemy is the greatest of the evils available.

[BuyingThyme]

11. I never saw it as a philosophy as much as an element of strategy.