We probably could have. But I don't think Truman wanted to deal with that. If we had started to set up shop there we would have quickly gone to war with both Russia and China.
At 11:44 AM 12/4/2001 -0500, you wrote: >If that we the general case then we would own large parts of Japan, >Germany, Italy, etc. > >Howie > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lon Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:43 AM >Subject: RE: Massive blasts rock Central Jerusalem :( > > > > > No according to the United Nations, they don't. Many countries > > > have gained territory in war but arre forced to give it back > > > afterward... > > > > > > That's amazing. Now, if Israel had started those wars and had taken > > that land by force, I would understand. But when they take that land in > > defensive actions, they should be able to keep it. That whole spoils of > > war thing. Or, if you don't like that, retributions. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
