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To: lbs1989 who wrote (80603)	1/9/2002 2:56:08 AM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

If you look at the american army during ww2 you will find it being made up of many diverse people,all nominally american,but from backgrounds as different as in any empire. The Army brought those people together, trained and educated them,till they became a cohesive group sharing common experiences ,hard ships and finally victory.That cohesiveness went on to shape and stablize US society in the post war era. Regarding slothful :to avoid offending sloths lets use the word decadent.

To: lbs1989 who wrote (80603)	1/9/2002 9:16:26 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

Back in the winter of '93 the Canuck army was threated by some renegade ground squirrels. Apparently the black ones and the red ones had gotten together and had given Ottawa an ulimatum. They wanted more nuts, nut trees planted, fewer homeless in the parks eating their food, and more old ladies with bread crumbs. They had gathered quite a force and were well armed. Innocent looking bushy tails scampering along window sills could pick up intelligence everywhere. They had use surrounded. DND regarded the situation quite seriously. If they called the squirrels' bluff, it was apparent that suicide teams of wire chewers could paralyze the country's power and communication overnight. Plugged eavestroughs, flattened tires, leaky roofs, drafts in windows, absent wiper blades on cars, ignition wires cut ... it would be a nationwide disaster. DND figured they could field 75 men total as a ground control crew, with all the hotspot commitments worldwide that had sucked up the mighty 1500 man force we could orinarily muster. It was plain we were not prepared to go toe to toe with the squirrels. We had to cave in. It was capitulate or perish. The Treaty of Squirrsailles was signed that spring and the changes you can see everywhere today. Basically it means that in a short time, they will be in control. If you thought that your politicians were a bit nutty, they just might be storing up on them for the final showdown. If we can't beat a bunch of ground squirrels, imagine what would happen if we met the German army. The shortest route out of trouble for the Canucks if they were threatened by any enemy force, is to learn to speak the language fast, and set up the welcoming committee in P.E.I., pronto. EC<:-}