Question: Who are the Bad Guys?

[WBWilder]

I've thought more about doing a French vs Algeria campaign but am in a quandry.

In a scenario or a campaign invariably one side becomes the good guys and the other, the bad guys.

So who do we make the bad guys. If I make the French the bad guys, our gamers in France are going to be quite upset. To them it would be the same if I made a scenario about the US vs Vietnam and the Viet Cong are the good guys!

Now that would not go well at all (except for the former VC, who might enjoy it...if perchance there are one or two who are playing the game).

And I'm not really sure who are the bad guys in this case. The Afghans were the good guys when they were fighting the Russians, Bin Laden included. Now they are the bad guys.

Iraqis were the good guys when fighting Iran. Now we are at war in Iraq. So I guess one has to be politically careful and correct these days, or should it really matter?

WB