Mike,
 > remaining neutral.

 MP> It is a shame that people do not learn much about history any more...

  For that matter, history teaches us that man learns nothing from history.

 MP> Agreed.  From everything I have learned about it, Japan did not think
 MP> they could win a war with the US.  They hoped that, by hitting Pearl
 MP> Harbour fast and hard, they could convince us to stay out of it.  Boy
 MP> did they mess up.

  Then, they wanted an apology from the US for dropping the atomic bombs
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The late George H.W. Bush said "they aren't
getting an apology from this President". I believe he served in World War
II, as did my late father.

Daryl

... After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse.
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