On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> At 09:35 13-8-01 -0500, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> >>(1) The North Korean leaders are very aware of the superior firepower of
> >>the US and therefore the stupidity of even *attempting* an invasion.
> >
> >
> >It didn't stop them 50 years ago, when they and everyone else in the world
> >knew the US had the ultimate in "superior firepower" and could have used
> >it to stop the invasion . . .
>
> It also didn't stop Germany from invading its neighbours. From your
> statement it could be concluded that we should deploy vast numbers of
> weapons and troops around Germany, just in case Germany decides to attack
> again...
Only if one assumes the speaker believes North Korea's current government
to be functionally and ideologically equivalent to Germany's
current government.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
"The ego that sees a 'thou' is fundamentally different from an ego that
sees an 'it.'" -- Joseph Campbell
