Re: A Reagan quote

From: Paul Blay (ranma_at_saotome.demon.co.uk)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:45:37 +0100

"Ool" wrote ...
> "jjustwwondering" <jwasilewsky@hotmail.com> wrote ...
>
> > [...] Its natural
> > course would be to continue on those lines - plugging
> > economic holes either by spoils of conquest or by extorted
> > tribute.
[...]
> (I guess that without being able to look into alternative universes
> with different histories we'll never be able to agree on whether it
> was ultimately worth all the death and the suffering, so I won't
> start...)

True enough. However it should be possible to work from the angle
of how much money was gained / lost from the acquisition of
countries X, Y and Z. I'm sure there's stuff to be put in the
negative column as well as the positive one.

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