Re: Why don't Al Queda use DVD?

torcik wedlowski wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:40:39 +0800, "David in Perth"
> <> wrote:
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> >
> >> The bombing in bali was pretting good too. Itmakes me wish that the
> >> US did not save Ozs arse in WWII
> >
> >OK, history lesson. You did NOT save our arse. We were beating the Japanese
> >long before you turned up.
> >
> >The first time you faced the Japanese at Gona in Papua New Guinea you got
> >your arse whipped and Australian troops came to your rescue. There were
> >always more Australian troops in the Pacific theater than American,
> >including Navy personnel. While the marines were island hopping towards
> >Japan Australian troops were actually engaging the enemy you left behind.
> >
> >America's belated entry into the war merely shortened it. The truth is the
> >Russians won The World War and would have probably defeated Japan too until
> >Truman dropped the big one. Which is precisely why he did it of course.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >P.S. Our generals did not run away after abandoning their troops.
> >
> Are you going to tell me that the Australians would have defeated the
> japanese by them selves. Beside Gona, give me an example of another
> major battle the Austrailains won without the USA. The American
> military and especially the American Navy defeated the Japanese. Also
> the Russian did not enter the Pacific campaign until the American were
> ready to invade Japan.I will grant that Russia certainly defeated the
> germans. By the time they reached berlin, they were suffering serious
> manpower shortages and would have been a drain to take on japan.

Not to mention the tremendous difficulty of transferring their Army across
Siberia with only one railroad line. At the end of the war, Japan still had a
million troops in Northern China along the Russian border.
Bob

Bob