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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (56517)	10/15/2009 1:10:32 PM
From: SG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218007

His reward for his intelligence was doom at the hands of a flight of P-38's. I don't remember who said that no man is a prophet in his own country. SG

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (56517)	10/15/2009 2:19:14 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 218007

ElM didn't really mean Yamamoto, he meant the Japanese who decided it was a good idea to continue their military expansion across Asia, reject the USA sanctions and start military operations directly against the USA. ElM didn't realize that the blokes out on the ships were just following orders. Mostly, military blokes just follow orders because that's what they are taught to do as being a very good idea. Thinking is generally frowned on. Those who don't follow orders get court martial, thrown in the brig, thrown out, or shot, sometimes summarily without due process. Saddam didn't mess about with lengthy discussion. Places which are run on the principle that thinking is not allowed and where individuals are mere chattels of the state can never be more than also-rans. The places which most closely adopt Libertarian ideology do best, those least like it do worst. That's why China will never amount to much, though they can do very well because the competition is increasingly ditching Libertarian Virtuous Victorian Values while China is adopting them [somewhat anyway]. Hong Kong is top of the pops in aspects of freedom. Shanghai traditionally did well and might take over from Hong Kong. Mqurice