Re: What does Bush have in common with LBJ?

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:47:57 GMT, Gunner Asch <gunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:32:45 GMT, Thomas Nulla
><delthisnulla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>FDR and Churchill would have gone for a draw? And even as late as June
>>'44?
>
>Even with the Treaty of Casablanc, I think strongly..yes.
>>
>>Let's see some authoritative cites for that. There might be some
>>interesting alternate-history thoughts from this.
>
>
>You may find these of interest. Agree with some, disagree with others.
>
>http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0862011.html
>http://www.ww2pacific.com/ww2.html

I don't see a mention in those of FDR and Churchill being willing to accept
a draw. That's the really interesting concept. Got a *specific* link for
that?

>This one says Okinawa
>http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/34.1/tzeng.html

Ridiculously late. Germany was conquered and Japan's navy and air force
reduced to practically nothing but a few kamikazes. The ground resistance
was nasty indeed, but totally futile.

>This one says Guadalcanal
>http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2002/020807-war1.htm

Guadalcanal was a helluva fight. My father flew supplies into Henderson
Field. He seldom talked about the war, but he specifically told me of his
admiration for the Marines on the ground there and the hardships they
endured in the jungle.

Note, however, that the Japanese were already on the defensive.

I'll stick with Midway.

>Solomons
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II#1943:_The_war_turns
>
>Sometime, go to a military history buff convention and "ask the
>question"
>
>ROFLMAO...be prepared for answers...lots of differing ones.

Ha! Many answers...are no answer at all. That's why we have alternate
histories (which, by the way, may be quite real. Ask Bottlebob about that
on a.m.c sometime!)

--
Thomas

"Driven by fear, we have succumbed to the age-old temptation to sacrifice
liberty on the pretense of obtaining security. Love of security, unfortu-
nately, all too often vanquishes love of liberty." Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX
http://www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml http://www.lewrockwell.com/
.

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