Cyberpope wrote --
> This is the substance of endless non-completable debates. My response is
usually "Let's agree to disagree &/or leave it open for further evidence"
That's the reason we avoid modern politics (and religion) in this echo.
> I may not not always be right, but I'm never wrong.
Had a boss who thought that way. :)
> I thought I was wrong once. . .but I was mistaken.
:)
> the emperor said unless the blockadse was lifted, they were going to attack
the USA's Pacif naval base on 7 December of that year (1941)
Citation please.
> Japan was an ally of Germany, but this was a separate issue & not done in
supportr of Hitler's designs on global dominance.
Hitler would have the west, Japan the east.
Before Hitler could attack the Americans, he had to first secure Europe
for staging, supplies, etc.
> See above. It was a clear date, but, yes,no time on it -- I would've been
ready for 2am, myself, not expecting it to begin past dawn.
Its like today where some group says we are going to do something but not
telling when or where.
> 'twas Hiroshima first (the A-Bomb; the H-bomb was 3 days later on Nagasaki)
A slip of my fingers reversing the two.
> Hoping we're done, as a species, with using such doomsday weapons. . .
If they used again it will be nutcase group that'll use them who don't
care for human life. Other than their own group.
It would be a lot easier to use a "suitcase nuke/dirty bomb" that uses
the power of radiation rather than a blast force.
> How so? I've not heard that one -- most rubber is from South America --
Southeast Asia, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies were the principle
supplier of rubber at the time.
Synthetic rubber was being developed in the west but not in great
amounts. That depended on oil, which we had plenty of. As the supply was cut
off
research really kicked into high gear and perfected to what we have today.
Over time Asian rubber would not be that important, to the US/Canada
anyway.
Joe
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