Theos-Talk Archives (February 2003 Message tt00272)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> According to polls, the vast majority of U.S. population supports 
war

I think it is a slim majority based on recent polls that I have seen, 
but I believe I was referring to Hitler, who single handedly started 
a war in Europe that NOBODY else wanted, including his own top 
leaders. How that is possible escapes me. Reasoning by analogy, it 
may not be a bad thing that there are restraining forces at work 
today, even though those forces are external, whereas it would be 
more desirable IMO if they were internal (i.e., congressional.)

If the war is fought during the warm months, it will be at night, 
meaning the weather will probably be more favorable than it is now. 
The troops will have to sleep during the day, but they will have to 
do that anyway if they stay in the Kuwaiti desert, and they will have 
to sleep sometime even if they attack Iraq during the winter or 
spring. This is not Operation Barbarossa. The weather probably will 
not be the decisive factor. Of course they will have to sleep in 
chemical protective gear regardless, so they may not sleep well.