coderman wrote: > Juan, let me return your incredulity with clarity, > > i know i'm old, but that also means i remember a time we were not > actually at war (except drug war! in hindsight, that counts as war > well enough...)
U.S "Personnel" waterboarding a Filipino civilian during the Spanish-American War. http://41.media.tumblr.com/6c6155a0f4f9f8233b5f035bffda624c/tumblr_inline_nqnvfbeINf1r5tcby_1280.jpg Another war, btw based solely on fabrication... > In 1976 ... in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Admiral Hyman > Rickover conducted a new investigation. Rickover, something of a > maverick in the Navy, came to the conclusion that the explosion was > caused by spontaneous combustion in the ship’s coal bins, a problem > that afflicted other ships of the period. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5470/ IOW "Town Gas" blew up the Maine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas In summation, you must be ooooolllllld. Older than dirt. Older than electricity. -- RR "You might want to ask an expert about that - I just fiddled around with mine until it worked..."
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