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robatsu
08-22-2007, 11:14 PM
This brief piece in National Review Online (http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZWRmMTgzZWIzNjZmOGEyMmIwYzkwYjAyNTQ4MDJkOWY=) got me thinking about the British in Singapore on the eve of WWII. They ruled the world, and the Japanese were these funny little people with miniature bullets, bandy legs, near-sighted, with tanks made of tin cans. There the British sat, protected by the Navy, the coastal artillery of Singapore, and the impassable Malayan jungle. Life looked pretty darned good, as it had for a good long while, from their verandahs, sipping their G&T's.

Then the Japanese sunk the Prince of Wales & the Repulse with extreme prejudice, ending not only the naval defenses of Singapore, but the era of the dreadnought. 400 miles of Malayan jungle was just a short ride for the Japanese bicycle infantry, an asymmetrical threat if there ever was one. The final straw? The big guns designed by big government were ineffectual against an unthinkable assault from the Malayan peninsula.

Bye bye Singapore, if only you had an enemy who behaved like you were expecting.

So let them laugh at the RP supporters and their comedic antics. The movement grows stronger by the day using weapons and tactics no establishment campaign has encountered before. Nobody knows who will win this year, but it sure isn't going to be a cakewalk for the NRO crowd.

noxagol
08-22-2007, 11:49 PM
The biggest folly of battle is to think your enemy cannot do something.