In Reply to: Alan, can you help me explain this stuff? posted by Carol on June 24, 2004 at 17:00:46:
Great explanation, of the many you give.
As Observer pointed out and you seem to support, wars are used to satisfy the ever growing needs of the empire: http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/5279743/ that is just a fact of life.
I heard a great quote the other day: "it is not what we don't know what hurt us, it is what we know but ain't so".