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To: lorne who wrote (116160)	10/3/2003 11:40:38 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

OK, let me restate it differently, since I evidently wasn't being clear. Compare the motivation to go to war, and the willingness to sustain casualties, as many as necessary till victory, in two different situations: 1. You are fighting for your own home, your own cities and fields. If you lose, your homeland will be occupied by foreigners. 2. You are fighting thousands of miles from home. If you lose, you get to go home and get on with your life. Now, it seems to me fairly obvious, a general rule, that those in the first situation, are always going to be more willing to die. This is true, no matter what the respective ideologies, no matter what nation we are talking about, no matter what era. It has nothing to do with bravery. It's simply a matter of motivation and alternatives. The first group is highly motivated, and has no alternative.