[Paradox]

the more I read about him, the more I discovered he and Bush have MANY of the same characteristics

I recently read a GW biography, and I was surprised to see some similarities as well. Not just that, but the poisonous tone of the political rhetoric. "King George" and all that, the claims that his political enemies made about him, you can hear the same shrill voices today..

[LS]

Isn't it amazing how "close-run" a thing history is? Say Yamamoto decides to cancel the Kuriles operation and has his work crews get the Zuikaku back in shape for Midway, and hits us with an additional 100 aircraft? Maybe we don't get out of Hawaii until mid-1943.

Or if Howe (I think it was Howe) doesn't sit on his butt in Philadelphia for a month, but instead pursues Washington's army, which was falling apart? We'd be at the mercy of Chuck and Bow Wow Boles.

[Elbows Unique]

"If Israel killed both Hezbollah fighters AND their civilians in mass, as she suffered Hezbollah's rockets upon her own homes and civilians, the Arabs and Persians would not run to the streets with arms to help their "comrades" in Lebanon. "

if israel did that, it would be only marginally morally better than hezbollah. there's no point in winning the war if we abandon what we're trying to win it for.