On 2002.05.26 23:21 Ron Johnson wrote:
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:42, Dale Hair wrote:
>
> > Actually, the USA was asked to help Australia in 1939. We had the
crap
> > bombed out of us. After Pearl Harbour the USA decided that Oz was
a
> > great place to base a lot of Operations.
>
> Most Americans tend to be isolationists and pacifists, it took Pearl
> Harbor to "awaken the sleeping giant". It actually created a giant
> "superpower" as we like to refer to ourselves. Then on Sept. 11 the
> giant awoke again. If something like 1939 were to happen again, we
will
> be there.
Nothing like militaristic Nazi Germany will happen again
while the US is the lone "hyperpower".
I wouldn't be so certain. It was the economic disaster and perpetual
chip on the shoulder, directly attributable to post-World War I
sanctions, that lead to the rise of the National Socialist Party.
Don't know about you, but I'm keeping a close eye on both Pakistan and
Saudi Arabia.
Ian
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