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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (114656)	9/13/2003 7:00:21 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<Re Napoleon - he overreached imperially in 1796...> This is the problem with militant nationalists, like Alexander and Napolean, and today's NeoCons: little failures don't teach them anything. They acknowledge no limits, they just keep upping their ambitions, until the point of total disaster. A little overreach, and they just keep saying, "Stay the course, one more division will tip the battle our way. Courage and Resolve is all we need." Napolean learned nothing, by going to Egypt (except not to put a body of water controlled by the British Navy, between his army and France). He learned nothing at all from Spain. The guerrilla tactics used against the French in Spain 200 years ago, are exactly what beat them on the road to Moscow and back: When the enemy attacks, retreat. When the enemy stops, surround him, cut his logistics. When the enemy retreats, attack. And, since my nation refuses to remember any of history's lessons, the exact same tactics will defeat us, in Afghanistan and Iraq.