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    In hindsight, it was hardly a contest.
    Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    In hindsight, it was hardly a contest.
    A lot of people died to prove the economic disparity between the US and Japan meant Japan would lose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    A lot of people died to prove the economic disparity between the US and Japan meant Japan would lose.
    And lose badly. The US didn't just have more materiel but better materiel. The IJA coudn't even field a decent tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    And lose badly. The US didn't just have more materiel but better materiel. The IJA coudn't even field a decent tank.
    They just had fanatical fighters.
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    On this date in legal history: US Supreme Court heard Bush v. Gore -- On December 11, 2000, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bush v. Gore Presidential recount case.
    Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes​

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    15 December 1773- the Boston Tea Party (and more)
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    I love this thread - I look forward to following it and occasionally adding something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Savoir-Faire View Post
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    Feel free to comment on any post.
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    20 years ago, the Movie Titanic was released.
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    December 24 1979

    Soviet tanks roll into Afghanistan

    And they fought a total war that NECONs say we should do in Afghanistan. Yet the Russians couldn't defeat an ideology- militant Islam combined with nationalism. They crushed jihadists with tank treads- feet first.

    The US supported local resistance groups. The Saudis brought in the crazy radicals. Hind sight is 20-20, but had the US prevented Saudi Arabia from importing foreign Islamists into the fight, 9-11 likely would never have happened. And our wasteful wars in the ME also likely never would have happened.

    On December 24, 1979, the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty of 1978.

    As midnight approached, the Soviets organized a massive military airlift into Kabul, involving an estimated 280 transport aircraft and three divisions of almost 8,500 men each. Within a few days, the Soviets had secured Kabul, deploying a special assault unit against Tajberg Palace. Elements of the Afghan army loyal to Hafizullah Amin put up a fierce, but brief resistance.


    On December 27, Babrak Karmal, exiled leader of the Parcham faction of the Marxist People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), was installed as Afghanistan’s new head of government. And Soviet ground forces entered Afghanistan from the north.


    The Soviets, however, were met with fierce resistance when they ventured out of their strongholds into the countryside. Resistance fighters, called mujahidin, saw the Christian or atheist Soviets controlling Afghanistan as a defilement of Islam as well as of their traditional culture. Proclaiming a “jihad”(holy war), they gained the support of the Islamic world.


    The mujahidin employed guerrilla tactics against the Soviets. They would attack or raid quickly, then disappear into the mountains, causing great destruction without pitched battles. The fighters used whatever weapons they could grab from the Soviets or were given by the United States.


    The tide of the war turned with the 1987 introduction of U.S. shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles. The Stingers allowed the mujahidin to shoot down Soviet planes and helicopters on a regular basis.

    But the US was focused on the Soviet Union. They considered militant Islam to be a curiosity, but not a serious threat.
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