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Ketther

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  1. I tried to explain this to a confused TOOL member.

    What I think is the problem here... Alliance leaders like to be viewed as the good guys and only defend helpless allies from the claws of the evil agressors. I think PR is getting ahead of logic (or common sense).

    "What is wrong with pre-emptive strikes? War is about exploiting an enemies' weakness (i.e striking early). Take Pearl Harbor for example, where Japan basically decimated America's then-present fleet in the Pacific. A great opening move by Japan. Of course, longer term, America's advantage in resources overpowered Japan, but that isn't the point. America was going to enter sooner or later (America's policy in the 1930's in East Asia was always about limiting Japan's power) and that was the best course of action Japan could have taken."

    /Quote phail. But I thought the long term point is actually winning? It didn't work that well for Japan. Or Germany for that matter. People tend to herd on the other side of the fence. It might have something to do with "What if the next one hit is me?"

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