Re: Every incident is an opportunity

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer () nic fr>]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 05:12:05AM +0000,
 Paul Vixie <vixie () vix com> wrote 
 a message of 17 lines which said:

> so if the last remaining superpower were to bomb a country in the
> middle east in preparation for invasion, regime change, etc., that
> superpower would be well advised to avoid hitting civilian
> infrastructure, assuming that its bombs were smart enough to target
> like that?

I believe that Barry Shein was assuming "invasion for a long-term
occupation and exploitation", like the Romans did in Gaule in 52
bc. Not "invasion for destroying a regime" like the Allied did in
Germany in 1945.