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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tommaso who wrote (86850)	12/14/2000 9:59:31 AM
From: Mike M2	Respond to of 132070

To all, Peter Warburton's " Debt & Delusion" update & summary Message 15018367 mike

To: Tommaso who wrote (86850)	12/14/2000 1:14:24 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

T, If you ever saw the movie, I think it was called 1941, where John Belushi is patrolling the air of L.A., you would see that many thought that Calif. was next. And, in fact, a Japanese sub did bombard Santa Barbara.

To: Tommaso who wrote (86850)	12/15/2000 5:05:42 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

>>if there had been no Pacific fleet, what was to stop the Japanese from at least trying it?<< I've read that Japan lacked the logistics for even a land invasion of Hawaii, let alone the West Coast. Between the highly effective Dutch sabotage of oil production facilities in their Asian colonies, and American submarine raids on their tankers, the Japanese Navy was chronically short of fuel. Here's a detailed site that details the war production differential between the U.S. and Japan: Why Japan Really Lost The War combinedfleet.com