
Originally Posted by
Cbrider
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo said "awakened a sleeping dragon."
They knew exactly what they were doing. The US actually was attempting to stay out of that war, but Japan pushed us. If you're going to retaliate, do it ten fold better, that will crush morale and squash any counter attack.
"Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too. So they'd leave me alone."
-- Ender's Game (after killing a bully who was tormenting him)
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
--Cyteen by C.J.Cherryh