How to finally win a war.
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ya. Why are you all to stupid to realize that the world is a giant hill with the south at the bottom?
America beat Britain twice, and the first time it was because France (who is also south of britain) helped.
Not really, oil is only important because it runs machinery, most importantly military machinery. One of the reasons why China has increased demands for oil for example is that they are pumping up their military and turning out Tanks, Submarines, Planes, etc.. in unprecedented numbers apparently. All of that takes gas to run, especially in a protracted campaign.iJosh said:
What's more one of the problems is of course that oil is a finite resource. It's not like one can just produce enough of it for the entire world and distribut it fairly. Thos oil wells run dry (even in The Middle East). This is one of the reasons why people are so into the idea of alternative power/fuel sources. However for all the talk of alternative power that is fine for the immediate use of civilians but the balance of global power still depends on the existing war machines and the abillity to run them, so even if things did start switching over it comes down to oil reserves until such a point (which could take a century or so) that new generation technology has come into usage sufficiently that the last gas guzzling tank or ship has been mothballed.
Plus war is not nessicarly logical. For example China wants to crush the west because that is how they think things should be. But also they want the living space because honestly it's better to take someone else's country given the abillity than to use draconian population control measures and HOPE that over a period of centuries the problems become less extreme.
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As far as the OP goes, perhaps I misunderstand it, but what your basically asking is if it's viable to rely on strong neighbors. In some cases it is, but as often as not those same neighbors wind up conquering you, OR using you as a disposable buffer between them and the groups they are actually worried about (which is not an enviable position).
As far as the Nazis go, it's important to understand that Hitler was hugely popular before World War II, and even during it. He was even elected "Man Of The Year" (by Time Magazine) I believe here in the US. Despite what people might say now, anti-semiticism and such was also pretty prevelant through Europe in general.
What more or less happened was when Hitler started to invade he had a lot of support within those nations. What's more all the other european nations basically said "meh, it's an internal matter, not our problem" until it was their turn. It's also important to note that while Germany had a substantial army it did not have the manpower to actually occupy a lot of the territory it took over. Rather what you actually saw was those nations willingly joining forces with the Axis. I use France as my favorite pet example, they surrendered, and while there WAS a resistance that is pumped up now, in reality it was mild compared to the support the Nazis had (they did not run it like a police state) and the French provided a lot of logistics and manpower for him. On some levels France effectively surrendered again to the allies.
Sure history doesn't portray it that way, but there are a lot of reasons why France is treated like it is, and seen as being unreliable and two-faced. Oh sure many French people would point to the Statue Of Liberty, and tell me that what I'm saying are fighting words. But think about it some time, Hitler did not have the german boots to put on the ground to control the territory he did, or run it all like some kind of police state like the popular portrayal.
Truthfully when talking about the Nazis and hypothetical situations (historically) it should be noted that Hitler was not such a force because of terror and military might. It was because of his popularity. A lot of the nations that fell to him, did so largely because of his support there. Of course today everyone wants to talk about the heroic freedom fighters, and their relatives who fought the nazis. Nobody remembers all the guys (far, far more of them) who threw in with Hitler, and died on one of the various fronts.
OMG logic. How can i ever defeat you in a contest of wills???? But good point nun the less. (is that how u say that?)gigastrike said:
You can't forget about us here in the UK. Or the USA, the UK and USA are two of the most powerful countrys in the world.atol said: