Wowzers. I stand corrected... VERY corrected. :D
-----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:39 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Does Bush deserve credit for ny rescue? To be even more of a nit picker, you're incorrect. Germany in the First World War did attack American territory (both submarine attacks and landing saboteurs). In the 2nd World War Germany landed saboteurs on Long Island, while Japan occupied US territory - the Aleutians (part of Alaska) and also took over US other protectorates and territories i.e., the Philippines for instance. IJN submarines shelled the west coast of Oregon, Washington state and also British Columbia. Additionally the Japanese launched firebomb attacks that killed 3 people on the west coast and caused a few forest fires. Also the Chesapeake campaign wasn't the only attack in the war of 1812 - 1814 - by the time it was over most of Maine, parts of Vermont and New York state as well as most of what's now Michigan were occupied by British forces. At the same time, the US controlled about 5 square miles of swamp in the Niagara peninsula in Ontario. >> No attacks on US soil since 9/11. > >9/11 was the first attack on the US homeland in history (save for when >Canada/Britain burned down your white house in 1814.) I'd wager a guess that >9/11 was years and years in the planning. So to play devil's advocate here, >we have no way of knowing if Bush's response actually prevented more >attacks. It's quite possible that simply increasing homeland security >would've also prevented more attacks on US soil. A true measure of success >would be to say that since 9/11 no Americans have been killed by terrorists, >which as we all know isn't the case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
