On 12/08/2016 12:18 PM, philo wrote:
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What I said stands. There is never a good day to call Japan's attack a
"brilliant" move and Pearl Harbor day is the worst of all possible days.

So honest assessment is verboten? I thought that's what we fought for...

The statement, as also noted before, was _NOT_ a compliment but a
warning that enemies aren't necessarily doofuses, either.

As I've said elsewhere had he called the attack a "dastardly deed" I'd
have been fine with it.
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But it wouldn't have made the point that it was a deliberate, calculated
and well-organized attack; precisely what Newt was warning about there
being all kinds of current parallels from many quarters.

That aside, you refuse to consider the intent and actual meaning but I'm
curious as to why you read it to begin with? Did you go searching for
Newt to see what would set you off or was it sent to you by another with
the express purpose of generating the reaction it did?