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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:22:38 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:10:39 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:40:26 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>>wrote:
>>>Education can also be a weapon.  Education can be used for the general
>>>good and for personal benefit.  However, it can also be used for evil
>>>and personal detriment.  For example, I consider working on military
>>>devices and weapons of mass destruction to be in the latter category.
>>
>>Why ever did you immigrate to the U.S.  At war with someone.some where
>>for 90% or more of their history. Even Israel has to stretch to keep
>>up with them :-)
>
>Immigration to US wasn't my decision.  I was 5 or 6 years old when my
>parents dragged me kicking and screaming to the land where the streets
>are paved with gold.  Actually, after WWII and the concentration
>camps, the US looked much better than all the other countries that had
>been trashed by WWII.  Almost every displaced Jew wanted to relocate
>to Israel after WWII.  Most of my relatives went to Israel.  A few
>idiots went back to Poland or worse.  The problem was that the British
>"owned" Israel and didn't like the idea of a mass Jewish exodus to the
>promised land.  They didn't allow immigration to Israel until 1948,
>the year I was born:
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine>
>
>What's different about US wars is that most of them involved fighting
>someone else's war or revolution as a result of entangled alliances.
>Other countries had the same problem, but were generally smart enough
>to default on their promises when the results of a war or revolution
>were not guaranteed.  
>
>>>Drivel:  I have a headache and need to stop writing.

Read some history. The bulk of U.S. "wars" were not defense from
attack, but rather the opposite.
-- 
Cheers,

John B.