Re: More CNN reports... [OT]

[Dean Robb <Dean () PC-Easy-va com>]

At 09:51 PM 9/13/2001, you wrote:
> <http://www.io.com/~flashlk/quizofweek.htm> says:
>
> Question 1: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant, and 
> fill him with a terrible resolve." Who said that and in what circumstance? 
> (Difficulty 6).
> Answer 1: Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, commenting on the aftermath 
> of the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941). Probably no truer words were ever 
> spoken. The sneak attack that decimated the Pacific Fleet also unified the 
> American people like no other single event in its history. From that point 
> forward, the fascist powers were doomed.
> Source: Pearl Harbor, a Life Magazine Collector's Edition

Maybe he said it and was quoted for the movie?  A rare case of a 
screenwriter being historically accurate?  Since Yamamoto ain't around to 
ask, it's really moot - I was simply trying to make a point that terrorists 
have made a severe strategic error.

BTW:  Sen. Biden used that quote today...

'Nuff said - let's try to be operational :)

Dean Robb
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