Don't get me started on how hamstrung our military was in the Southeast
Asian conflict you referred to.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Wesson [mailto:roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 7:24 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] New York :(
But equally, extremely well trained and well equipped armies have been
defeated in the jungles of Vietnam and the mountains of Afghanistan. I
hope above all that there will be no knee-jerk reaction - an almost
impossible wish under the circumstances.
Roger
"Timpe, Jim" wrote:
>
> I hate to say it, but I'm hopeful you're correct. Appeasement is a tactic
> that history has proven doesn't work.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Maynard [mailto:jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 7:14 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] New York :(
>
> Indeed. I suspect that this will be the Pearl Harbor of the war on
> terrorism, and will provoke a full military response from the US. No more
> Mister Nice Guy.
>
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