[RightWhale]

Where did you first run into this idea?

That I can't say; many years ago. How old the idea is I don't know, but I assume it is ancient, at least hundreds of years.

[Quix]

yOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT.

It's probably been in the cultural ethos or gestalt a long time.

But these people were connected to the military--that I was talking to. . . or at least in touch with military planning. And they talked as though it was a well thought out firm and serious plan awaiting proper timing for action.

Certainly removing the US from their 'sphere of influence' would be an early priority.