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To: Elsewhere who wrote (126916)	3/22/2004 7:14:19 AM
From: NightOwl	Respond to of 281500

NO: I thought I had acknowledged the possibility of the 5% solution and worse quite awhile back? JJ: I had doubts to what extent you trust a democratic nation to do it after you wrote: NO: From my view of history it appears quite obvious that, if given the chance, this war-time flip flopping is what a democracy does 9 times out of 10 Well Jochen, I suppose that's the beauty of adhering to the tenants of The Deadly Dichotomy and posting while Carl Bilow isn't around. <vbg> Seriously though, I could be wrong but the two statements don't seem contradictory to me. The entire Korean war seems a good example. Then there's Cuba. We could "flip" on either of them again. Vietnam... Today of course we have a new tradition of protest, but I assume the stops wouldn't be released without some intervening terrorist successes. There could be a considerable delay between the flips and the flops. 0\|0