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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (42355)	1/15/2002 5:54:28 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

I am going to take off. Hold the line against the self- righteous......

To: TimF who wrote (42355)	1/15/2002 6:02:19 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"I think that neither that statement nor my refutation of it is central to either side of this argument. I have been careful to present only supported opinions, and I have seen no refutations. I don't have any axe to grind. I look for the truth--period. They don't come too much more pro American than me...but I stop short of being an apologist for idiocy and murder. I'm not sure that we completely destroyed any of them Some of them we destroyed completely; most of them retained some infrastructure. I think it was about 1/3 of the houses destroyed... It was you who tried to make a lack of absolute extinction significant. I didn't think the literal message was the point. The point was to emphasize (as you have since agreed) that the Japanese were helpless.