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

To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (2945)	9/15/2001 11:57:31 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Respond to of 27666

Hi goerge. there's a new thread started that may benefit from your insight on foreign affairs. just giving you a heads up because I know you'll want to join in on the discussion. Subject 51724

To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (2945)	9/16/2001 12:27:20 AM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 27666

Serbia, Afganistan are mountainous regions, with a lot of everything in all directions around them, a new invasion attempt twice a generation, some join the enemy, some go higher up. Israel/palestinia the same but less mountaines, easier to walk over, back and forth. Tibet might be added to the first group, but less documented. In terms of "natural borders" the opposite might be those isolated on islands, like UK, Japan and in modern times USA. (except for the civil war and some more, sputniks beeping high above, duck and cover) All a question on the particular technology of that time in history, Hannibal elephants, Napoleon and logistics, preussian or polish horses, german motorized units, V2s, russian tanks, nuclear regular bombs or H-bombs and finally sputniks. (similar for china, japan, taifuuns,hiroshimas,etc) But nobody has been able to (really) conquere Chechenia, Serbia and especially Afganistan. Vietnam has, or maybe had, something similar. If splendid isolation, lack of lots of natural borders, is a blessing or not, is another thing, but an important factor still today. As a finn, above is nothing to accomplish, but was accomplished, the basic, historical understanding. Ilmarinen