[risk]

Give us time, sir. We have never been conqured by these barbarians and we never will be. We do take our time when we launch into global warfare, however. Imagine how the Russians or the French felt about us in 1941?

[swarthyguy]

Oh, I agree absolutely.

Yamamoto aside, the Japanese had the stereotypical image of Americans as party animals too soft for extended war.

Those of us advocating Force Majeure for certain countries would like the multigenerational aspect of this cut short and to the quick, freeing our kids and grandkids from the burden of fighting this enemy, and letting us all return to our oblivious and carefree natural state of being.