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Mon Jul-18-05 01:51 PM
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WAR
Hgh! Good GOd y'all.
What is it good for?
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Mon Jul-18-05 01:52 PM
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1. Only in the name of "Self Defense of a Nation". |
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Mon Jul-18-05 02:18 PM
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5. You mean just the self-defense of our nation? Should we help allies? |
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Edited on Mon Jul-18-05 02:18 PM by James T. Kirk
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Mon Jul-18-05 01:53 PM
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2. Well, to be fair, war helped us beat the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese. |
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Tue Jul-19-05 01:12 AM
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6. Not Preemptive War. That's war Bush-style, you know. |
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Tue Jul-19-05 06:29 AM
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9. Recall that we waged preemptive war on Germany. |
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We could have chosen to focus on Japan.
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Wed Jul-20-05 01:29 AM
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I don't see how on earth you can say that we waged preemptive warfare on Germany.
We didn't wage war on Germany because they might be a threat. We waged war on Germany because they were a threat.
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Wed Jul-20-05 05:27 AM
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12. We chose to focus on Germany at the expense of fighting Japan more. |
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We decided to focus on Germany before Japan, even though it wasn't Hitler who attacked us on 12/7. Japan had the ability to hit US territory hard, but Germany was only a threat to shipping in December 1941.
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Mon Jul-18-05 02:01 PM
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3. Well I always thought "The Cisco Kid" was a pretty cool song... |
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Mon Jul-18-05 02:08 PM
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4. It IS necessary sometimes. |
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Not very often (but WWII). It is never the best route to take, but sometimes it is the last option. (And I am most definitely not talking about this war we are in now)
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Tue Jul-19-05 01:14 AM
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7. there's got to be a better way... |
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Tue Jul-19-05 01:21 AM
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Edited on Tue Jul-19-05 01:21 AM by LastKnight
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We cannot leave the last onewithout at least ONE vote!
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Wed Jul-20-05 06:32 AM
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13. It makes for good history |
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