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To: Bilow who wrote (6908)	10/23/2001 3:54:07 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Carl, I'm tempted to be convinced with your figures, but I'm not :-) There is no doubt that the Japanese in mid 1942 had a daunting task ahead of them. btw. I have also read how the European Air war and "bomber Harris" etc had "little effect on the outcome of the war". That is another fashionable view that I am in disagreement with. For example...Are we saying that air power was not important in WW2? What a joke from some statistician sitting in an armchair somewhere. But lets return to the Battle of Midway. What else was going on in 1942? What was the percentage contribution to WW2 that the USA made?? Was there any chance that Japan could have developed the Nuclear Bomb and would that have made a difference??? siliconinvestor.com We may owe more respect then we think of those who sacrificed life and limb in WW2 imho. I'm not suggesting you are not a respectful person, but I know a good many glib people who are not. The same arguement can be made of the American Civil War. The south didn't stand a chance. Well, the defeats suffered at Lee's hands and the riots in New York City at the draft came close to losing the "war of will" imho. Grant had continual problems with senior officers in his own army that Lee was viewed as indefeatable. At the worst point, how close was the North willing to sue for peace? Pause for thought. I rest my case.