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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: unclewest who wrote (10990)11/20/2001 9:40:33 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 281500
 
uw,

Re: is that a joke...
where where you?


Not a joke, a generalization. The five attacks you reference were minor incidents and torments, not in any way comparable to the provocation of 12/7/41 or 9/11/01. I find it is useful to keep a perspective on things - IMHO, of course.

Re: America and SF took combat fatalities on every continent.

Wow, I did miss the action on Antarctica? What happened there? Um, is Australia a continent, or an island? Did I miss the action there as well? Just kidding, big guy...... <g>

[[BTW, w/r/t "the only peace was" did you happen to catch the recent news blurb that the Clinton staff in NYC was advertising for an intern? Talk about chutzpah and a tin ear. Oy vey! ]]

-R.