[p2p-research] Intrinsic Security vs. Extrinsic Security

[Paul D. Fernhout]

Paul D. Fernhout wrote:
> Anyway, even in case of (almost always avoidable) war, consider that the 
> USA was strong in WWII not because it had much of an army or weapons 
> going into WWII (most of the small Navy was even sunk), but because the 
> USA had a robust physical plant and an educated, healthy, 
> socially-connected, and well-fed population, and the USA posed no overt 
> threat to most neighbors, so it was not enmeshed in other significant 
> wars that sapped its strength. 

Just a correction: that should read "*some* of the small Navy was even sunk" 
not "most". The submarines and aircraft carriers were not touched.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

--Paul Fernhout
http://www.pdfernhout.net/