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Old 05-10-2008, 02:15 AM
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Invade a country.
Kill most of the men.
Install a new government.
Force the survivors to assimilate.


It's a tried and true method that we seem to have forgotten.
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Americas strongest card is its airforce.. bombs away!
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Americas strongest card is its airforce.. bombs away!
I would say our strongest card is both our technology and are ability to adapt combined.

The Air Force is simply one very powerful component of that
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Invade a country.
Kill most of the men.
Install a new government.
Force the survivors to assimilate.


It's a tried and true method that we seem to have forgotten.
You forgot the "convert them to Christianity"
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Actually, Sherman showed how to do it in the Civil War. You destroy the infrastructure, the enemy's ability to feed and support themselves, and you make war so terrible that they lose their will to fight.
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Actually, Sherman showed how to do it in the Civil War. You destroy the infrastructure, the enemy's ability to feed and support themselves, and you make war so terrible that they lose their will to fight.
(*)(*)(*)(*) Sherman.
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You forgot the "convert them to Christianity"

I knew I forgot something!!!
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(*)(*)(*)(*) Sherman.
Heh, I agree. But he got it right.
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Heh, I agree. But he got it right.
I can see your from NC (no duh), so you don't know the half of it.
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I can see your from NC (no duh), so you don't know the half of it.
Sherman did the right thing
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