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To: TimF who wrote (96379)	2/23/2005 12:08:35 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"It has a fairly strong basis in fact even if much of it is do to deterence rather than direct application of force of arms. But direct force had a role in creating and preserving our independence and freedom as well." That is true of the wars we fought with England but if you look at the others the possibility that our adversaries could have conquered and occupied the U.S. is very remote. This is not due to the strength of our armed forces so much as the fact that the U.S. is an enormous and relatively thinly populated nation with abundant natural resources. Japan did for a time effectively occupy a remarkable amount of territory but the logistics of occupying an enormous nation on the other side of the world would have proven insurmountable even for them. Look at the trouble we are having with a weak and relatively small nation like Iraq.