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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (130393)	4/29/2004 2:54:21 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "And what about the war against Islamo-Fascism? Is that a war of survival, given that they continue to seek to deliver another attack comparable to 9/11?" No amount of destruction of aircraft or buildings, comparable to 911, in the US can possibly cause the state to fall. Germany destroyed thousands of British aircraft and tens of thousands of buildings, but the British government didn't fall. The usual way of making a foreign state fall is with boots on the ground. But you already knew this. On the other hand, if terrorists used hydrogen bombs, and killed about 20 million American civilians, (and looked like they were going to get the rest in their own good time) the survivors might consider suing for peace on the basis of a surrender. That would be a war for survival. If WW2 had gone so badly that the US state fell, you can imagine that it could only have been due to massive destruction along our coasts. This didn't happen because our protagonists weren't powerful enough to make it so. -- Carl

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