Clark says: I am astounded at the possibilities we overlooked back in the forties. Had we known beforehand about the bombing of Pearl Harbor we could have given the Japanese the place and maybe thrown in California as well. Since we were straight eyed, white, God fearing people I am sure they would not have treated us like they treated the Chinese. Oh well, live and learn. Ken Bill laughs loudly. Come on Ken, that's funny, but too easy. *Ultimately* all war is invalid when viewed from the highlands. The Japanese never had a chance of controlling China or California. Never, ever. Our US tropical paradise in the islands was in no immenant danger of being lost in 1945 either. From the vantage point of today, the German and Japanese aggressions look just sooo stupid it's hard to figure out what end game they could've possibly imagined. They represented something like the final chapter in some historical idiot play that could've been written by Cervantes. Have you noticed the way we fight wars these days? We only hit hard enough and long enough to back the folly-filled aggressor out of where he shouldn't be. The possibilities we overlooked in the forties are the realities of today. And the "warfare" of tomorrow will be as far away from the crude ax fights of yesteryear as the ox cart is from from my new Mitsubishi. If Bill Gates is listening...you ain't got a chance son. Best regards, elg14 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MOQ Online Homepage - http://www.moq.org Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ Unsubscribe - http://www.moq.org/md/index.html MD Queries - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
