Definititon of Purge:
In history and political science, to purge is to remove people considered by the group in power to be "undesirable" from a government, political party, a profession, or from community or society as a whole, often by violent means

Mikhails telling of the event on the island referred to as the Purge is a very interesting development. Of course, he was being misleading in portraying himself as a Dharma participant, when in reality he was most likely one of the "hostiles". But it seems as though such an event did occur...although who initiated it? Did the others/hostiles see the DHARMA'S as a threat to thier community and resolve to end it? It would appear that the DHARMA'S were wiped out. Have we seen any actual DHARMA participants other than Roger? Ben has referred to his group as the good guys, he has been on the island his entire life. They have taken over some of the hatches but really do not seem to
have a connection to them. They do not even like being there, and do not consider it home. So, it is logical to assume that Juliet was not recruited by DHARMA, but by the others/hostiles. There has been a war being fought on this island. Many of the participants have been lead to believe that the outcome will impact the entire future of the world for good or bad. Most interesting was Mikhails statement that the hostiles had already been on the island for "a very long time".
Were the developments that would be made by DHARMA, going to eventually lead to tragedy and they needed to be stopped in order to save the future world? I know the whole time travel thing is supposed to be out....but it sure seems as though the "hostiles" may have been put in place to stop the DHARMA'S long before they got there.

well, assuming we believe him, Kelvin said he was a DHARMA employee...so he may be the only official living DHARMA person we've seen

Wasn't there some people in dharma gear inside the polar bear cave where they found eko?

Could the Hostiles be descendants from the slave ship The Black Rock?

Like the descendants of the Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty), in real life?

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"Whoa!" she said. "Cry 'Havoc!' And let loose the dogs of war!"
And, like Banquo's ghost, they just won't go away.

Experiment gone bad.

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"Whoa!" she said. "Cry 'Havoc!' And let loose the dogs of war!"
And, like Banquo's ghost, they just won't go away.

Considering a recent spoiler that I read, yes, I think so!

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Frank Drebin remembers a lost love.

Frank: It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

Jane: Goodyear?

Frank: No, the worst.

That would be awsome!

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"Theres a time for living low down, theres a time for getting high. A time for peace, a time for fire. A time to live, a time to die."

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

That would mean that the hostiles got to the island like what 100 years ago? Maybe more.. Is that correct, the "black rock" is a ship from what the 1800's or something..

Is this right? Anyone know?

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Please don't give up, Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for
you. Always. I love you, Pen

DESMOND: I love you, Penny. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry. I love you!
PENNY: I love you too.
DESMOND: I don't know where I am, but--
PENNY: I'll find you, Des--
DESMOND: --I promise--
PENNY: --no matter what--
DESMOND: --I'll come back to you--
PENNY: --I won't give up--
BOTH: I promise. I love you.

Black Rock (ship - Lostpedia)

I thought that I would answer my own question! Here is the link to Lostpedia about the Black Rock

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Please don't give up, Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for
you. Always. I love you, Pen

DESMOND: I love you, Penny. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry. I love you!
PENNY: I love you too.
DESMOND: I don't know where I am, but--
PENNY: I'll find you, Des--
DESMOND: --I promise--
PENNY: --no matter what--
DESMOND: --I'll come back to you--
PENNY: --I won't give up--
BOTH: I promise. I love you.

so the hostiles waited until Dharma had set up all of their experiments, perhaps infiltrating and hiding among them, like Ethan did, then took over once they understood everything. Interesting, very interesting