On 28 août 06, at 08:10, joanna wrote:
> But they can be incredibly stupid. Take for example WWI, where the
> "leaders" persisted in fighting a ninteenth century war against
> machine guns. Hundreds of thousands of men perished because of that
> stupidity.
>
> The current situation is similar. Now the guys with big guns keep
> wanting to fight WWII over and over. Doesn't work against well
> organized guerilla fighters enganing on their home turf.
You'd think they have learned something from Vietnam, Algeria and all the other guerilla wars of the 20th century, but it does not seem to be the case.
JC