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Old 10-23-2007, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Bokonon View Post
Because it is always who we have been, going all the way back to George Washington's command of the Continental Army in a period of dire emergency and ... yes ... facing an enemy that did not play by the same rules.

And we should also do it because it has always worked well for us in the previous conflicts we have fought.

-- Bokonon
IOW, my grandfather was a carpenter and so was my father. That profession worked well for them. Therefore, monkey see, monkey do, right?

For instance? Vietnam? Somalia? It has worked well in conventional situations. Not in unconventional warfare.
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