Instead, convinced of their superiority while fabricating > excuses for aggression, the Americans attacked a culture they knew nothing > of (for strategic advantage) simply because they wanted oil and rebuilding > money. I meant, to gain strategic advantage we should have known something about the culture we were invading. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html