Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!ucdavis!ucrmath!hope!corwin From: corwin@hope.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya Message-ID: <362@hope.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-May-86 02:08:14 EDT Article-I.D.: hope.362 Posted: Thu May 1 02:08:14 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 3-May-86 21:09:57 EDT References: <338@hope.UUCP> <773@mmm.UUCP> Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 17 > In article <338@hope.UUCP> corwin@hope.UUCP (John Kempf) writes: > >Just a comment: > > > >Back about 40-50 years ago, it was safe for americans to travel abroad. > >At the time, (at least as far as I remember from High School history > >classes,) The united states had a forign policy known as 'Jingoism', > > Let's see... 40-50 years ago. I make that to be 1936-1946. Seems > to me that the safety of Americans travelling abroad during that time > period were somewhat less safe than they would be today. Well over > 400,000 Americans died overseas in that time frame. > > --MKR > > "Let's bring back the safe days of World War II" Ok,ok, so I was off by a few decades. give me a break, I was half asleep. -cory