Storm from the Shadows, Chapter 2 comment

Don Sample wrote:
> In article <been94tddurepcrviu4ttgff4t2l2dqfh3.DeleteThis@4ax.com>,
> Brian McDonald <Brian_knowspam.McDonald.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> there is a trite old expression something like the only thing more
>> expensive than winning a war is losing a war.
>
> Japan and Germany came out of pretty well in the aftermath of WW-II
>
Largely (if not mainly) IMO because they were forbidden large armed
forces, so did not spend sizeable chunks of GDP on defence and military
research.

Phil the Badger
--
Never do for yourself what you can con an expert into doing for you.
Naismith: "On War"

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:04:14 -0400, Don Sample <dsample RemoveThis @synapse.net>
wrote:

>In article <been94tddurepcrviu4ttgff4t2l2dqfh3 RemoveThis @4ax.com>,
> Brian McDonald <Brian_knowspam.McDonald RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> there is a trite old expression something like the only thing more
>> expensive than winning a war is losing a war.
>
>Japan and Germany came out of pretty well in the aftermath of WW-II

they were helped extensively by the americans after the war. had they
been left to their own resources how well do you think they would have
done?