To: governsleastgovernsbest
Imagine this headline, in 1861:
"There's no need to fight a dumb Civil War," declares Lincoln.
"If we let the South keep that fort, then they'll go away and leave us alone."32 posted on
02/04/2007 9:34:40 AM PST by
syriacus
(30,000 Americans died, in 30 months, to release South Korea from Kim Il-sung's t yranny)
To: syriacus
"Less than 3000 Americans were killed at Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7, 1941, a day that we will soon forget. We must give Diplomacy a chance and find out why the Japanese hate us so!" FDR in a quick note to Congress explaining why we shouldn't start at Dumb War over a couple of battleships, and a few old planes.
34 posted on
02/04/2007 9:39:43 AM PST by
SubMareener
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