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Friday, December 07, 2007

Remember Pearl Harbor

This is Stephen V. Cole Posting:

Remember that people enlisted in the military back in the 1930s for low pay and uncomfortable conditions that they would be the first ones hit during an enemy attack, and would have to take the brunt of that attack and suffer and die because it would take the nation months to get ready for a war they knew was coming.

Remember that there are enemies out there we did not (and do not) take seriously who can hurt us.

Remember that there are enemies we do take seriously but still don't do what it takes to stop them from attacking before they attack.

Remember that there are enemies that it is not politically or economically convenient to take seriously, and that these are the ones who can hurt us.

Remember that not finishing a war just means that the war will come back and demand to be finished.

Remember that there are some wars that are inevitable, just a matter of time until the other side finds America's economic and social power too much to abide.

Remember that sometimes it's better to just go deal with the enemy rather than waiting to be attacked.

Remember that all attacks are made against targets that appear vulnerable to attack; nobody attacks invulnerable targets because people aren't that stupid.

Remember that being invulnerable isn't cheap, and that if you pay the money to be invulnerable and are never attacked, there are those who will say the lack of attack meant you wasted the money to become invulnerable.

Remember that if you are invulnerable to the attack you expect, you will be hit by the attack you did not expect, especially when there is an enemy who is determined to find a way to attack you.