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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:01 PM Original message |
Pre-emptive strike didn't work for Japan, why did Bush think |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are several things to consider |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. How many decades did it take before all this was conventional |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. If We Fought WWII Like... |
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Rocknrule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. If Bush had been prez during WWII |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. that was my first thought nt |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. it's hard to say pearl harbor didn't "work" for the japanese |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The strike forced us to switch production to aircraft carriers. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pre-empitive strikes didn't work out so well.. |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. Actually, a pre-emptive strike did work for Japan |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 07:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No there is no consistency at all. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well, the pre-emptive strike did work for us |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Not to mention that "this mess" was predicted by the first George |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. That is because the Japanese bungled the strike. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Sounds like Bush made the same mistake in Iraq. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Please don't confuse W with the actual military generals. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Have you happened to notice how successful guerilla warfare is |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Of course it was a mistake. No battle plan is ever perfect. |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Pearl Harbor was more of a delaying tactic |
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