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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pilapir who wrote (1554)	9/13/2001 6:47:38 PM
From: Qone0	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

What a bunch of BS. Lets say just for the sake of argument. That the U.S. did not enter WW2. It is being run by a bunch people that would rather pay off their enemies than fight. Japan attacks pear harbor. Paula is in charge of U.S. policy. She decides that the U.S. not exporting steel and oil to Japan has really made them mad. She gives them all the steel and oil they want to expand their empire. So they won`t attack again. Meanwhile over in europe Germany threatens to attack the U.S. if we don`t stop shipping supplies to England. So Paula not wanting to make anyone else mad. Stops shipping all supplies to England. So what kind of a world would we be living in now? Would we be speaking Japanesse or German?

To: pilapir who wrote (1554)	9/13/2001 7:43:23 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

Thanks for posting that pilapr--the essay brought to mind Asimov's "The End of Eternity". In that book history is continuously altered. Technicians travel up and down the time line, 'determining and executing the Minimum Necessary Change in a timeline to attain a desired Change in history' sfsite.com What a luxury that would be, to travel through time, rewriting it. But history is recorded...and we can try to learn from our mistakes. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE may right now be the most important allies to America. Pakistan vows to help U.S. 'punish' attackers cnn.com