To: Sopater
[t]he distance of the United States from the powerful nations of the worldthe Atlantic oceanic moatwould provide a first line of defense. The game changed forever once that stopped being the case. Once steam replaced sails, the "distance" between the United States and its potential enemies became much shorter, and subsequent advances in means and speed of travel have made it progressively shorter.
5 posted on
01/24/2018 1:01:58 PM PST by
WayneS
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To: WayneS
The game changed forever once that stopped being the case
I don't think it has really stopped being the case... yet.
6 posted on
01/24/2018 1:03:57 PM PST by
Sopater
(Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
To: WayneS
and subsequent advances in means and speed of travel have made it progressively shorter. And the de-linking of speed of travel with speed of communicating.
-PJ
16 posted on
01/25/2018 1:59:38 PM PST by
Political Junkie Too
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