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To: ExpatCanuck

Impossible.

We had neither the aircraft nor airfields close enough.


39 posted on 04/20/2018 10:10:24 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Skooz; ExpatCanuck
What If We Had Carpet Bombed Japanese Cities After Pearl Harbor?
Impossible.

We had neither the aircraft nor airfields close enough.

When asked by a reporter what to do about U-boat sinkings during World War I, Will Rogers is said to have responded: "Boil the ocean". "But how would you do that?" the reporter continued. Without a beat Rogers replied, "I'm just the idea man here. Get someone else to work out the details."

69 posted on 04/20/2018 10:32:33 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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