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To: Hieronymus

Pls see 24.


26 posted on 04/23/2019 8:39:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

It would make for a good novel, and I’d love it if you’d do one. That said, have you read Jared Diamond’s book collapse? It has a good chapter on Greenland, and why the Norse colony there likely was ultimately unsustainable.

Long supply lines can be fatal.

It isn’t enough to establish a beach head—or even conquer everything in site.

For the Norse, taking Mexico City would likely resemble Napoleon taking Moscow.

Or a guy getting a good looking crazy woman to marry him.


30 posted on 04/23/2019 8:45:56 AM PDT by Hieronymus ("I shall drink--to the Pope, if you please,-still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.")
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