From: Stephen A. Lawrence
A lot of interesting stuff to ponder here, especially the scenario about how
best to modernize an antiquated navy.
...
>> Maybe so. Maybe so... Never the less I suspect I
>> would have felt a lot more confident had Roosevelt
>> been on watch when 9/11 occurred. At least he knew
>> how to communicate.
>
>
> Yeah, and he had a brain in his head, too, and had never
> suffered from spending too much time with a glass in his
> hand.
>
> And he knew how to negotiate, and he knew the value of
> maintaining foreign contacts; in short he knew that
> Americans aren't the only people on Earth. Maybe
> there would have been no 9/11 if Roosevelt had been Pres.
Possibly.
Never in a million billion gazillion years could I ever conceive of Roosevelt
uttering before congress at what he would hope would be noted in the history
books as his finest hour:
"Either you're with us or you're with the Japs."
Bush, on the other hand...
Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
