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[Brad Haslett]

Herb,

Actually, some would argue that WWII started in 1937 -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo_Bridge_Incident

I've been to the Marco Polo bridge and bought my English copy of
Chairman Mao's Little Red Book at a souvenir shop there. This incident
happened well before the arrival of the Flying Tigers (who were
"civilians" after Pearl Harbor). For a good book on the American
involvement in the Sino-Japanese war, read Barbara Tuchman's "Sand
Against the Wind" about General Stillwell.

Brad

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> No
>
> WWII began in 1939 and ended in 1945. The second gulf war (the current
> Iraq war) began in 2003. If it lasts until March of next year (most
> likely), then it will have. However, Iraqi military was defeated shortly
> after the initial invasion.
>
> But all of that is beside the point. The US public lost its will for the
> war a long time ago. It's only been through the far-sighted view of
> their leaders that we stayed long enough to begin to turn the tide.
>
>
> Robert Skinner wrote:
>> Herb Parsons wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>> Unfortunately, I don't think any of those scenario would apply today. I
>>> don't think our liberal leaning population has the will for any extended
>>> war (by "extended", I mean something that can't be wrapped up quickly
>>> like a 2 hour movie)...
>>>
>>
>> Hasn't the Iraq war lasted longer than WW2?
>>
>> /Robert, ME
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