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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bilow who wrote (6820)10/22/2001 6:26:06 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Carl,

If we'd sat on our thumbs for 4 years all that would have happened is that we would have island hopped with nukes

I disagree. I am not a military person but I do view wars as unstable systems. If the USA had lost at Midway I think it also could have easily lost the war.

Apart from the secret code being busted, there was also one ballzy call to send every aircraft after the Japanese Carriers when they were sighted. They nearly missed too. They didn't, and the rest is history.

If the USA had lost at Midway, whole loads of dominos would have been knocked over, maybe USA would not have even developed the bomb.

Sorry, but do not see the situation in linear thinking terms. I feel strongly on that point. That is even WHY we have propaganda. We are talking unstable systems here. In any war chaos rules. What's the saying???

For the sake of a nail the horse shoe was lost...
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