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From: aws@itivax.iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
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Subject: Re: 80:20 ratio
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Date: 23 Oct 89 23:09:31 GMT
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From: aws@itivax.iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)

In article <10409@cbnews.ATT.COM> amdcad!mjt@mcnc.org (Michael Tighe) writes:
>Looking at the most recent engagements the US has had, all of the Libyan
>pilots knew they were being attacked. They were not surprised.

That's not what is ment by suprise. In a large fight, everybody knows that
somebody out there wants to kill them. The problem is when you are in a
firball kowing that *AT THIS MOMENT* you are under attack. You may have 
seen the cartoon of the fish about to eat a smaller fish unaware that
it is aobut to be eaten itself by a bigger fish. That happens. You are
about to launch a missile against a bandit when you note tracers from
behind you. Read "One Day in a Long War" for some good examples of this.

  Allen

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