Originally Posted by wabigoon
I just finished reading Battle Cry, the novel about the Marines in WW2 fighting on the Pacific against the "Japs".

Is it money, real-estate, minerals? Wars are old as time, and there are a few going on right now.

Call me Gus, and perhaps I ask stupid questions, just the feelings after reading the book.


i use to think i knew. or at least had pretty good ideas.

nowadays i'm not so sure at all. it's a mystery.

japan, russia, germany, time immemorial.

when the big green machine gets cranked and running it's awesome.

or maybe it's just shock and awe against a psuedo-enemy.

the big ant-hill rivals, who's got the mostest?