From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Fri Sep 06 2002 - 00:27:44 MDT
On 5 Sep 2002 at 20:10, Archibald Scatflinger wrote:
> > Actually, Samuel Clemens was one of the most introspective Americans
> > to inhabit his century, challenged, perhaps, only by Herman
> > Melville. But the US has far from been engaged in continual warfare;
> > that distinction belongs ineluctably to the Islamic world.
>
> Correct me if I have read my history books incorrectly but America
> joined WWII in 1941. Immediately following WWII the Cold War began
> which didn't end until sometime in the 80's. In the 1960's America
> began its "War on Drugs" which continues today. Also in the 60's was
> the fun and exciting Vietnam war. Before that was the Korean war. Then
> there was the Gulf war. Now we have the "War on Terror" which will
> "continue indefinately".
>
> So I guess my question is: what is your definition of continuous?
>
> My other question is, who is Samuel Clemens and why do you mention him
> in response to anything that I wrote?
>
Ther was a 5 year gap between WW II and the Korean War, and
another 5 year gep between that and Vietnam. The Vietnam war ended
18 years before the Gulf war, which lasted les than a year, began. And
the 'war on drug users" has been a misguided and disastrous domestic
policy with no unaccepted international forces deployed.
And Samuel Clemens is the real name of Mark Twain, you literarily and
historically ignorant doofus!
>
> Archibald
>
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