Dragaera

on contradictions and such

Sat Feb 5 17:57:44 PST 2005

On Feb 5, 2005, at 8:56 AM, MedCat7 at aol.com wrote:

> "Aggresive on defencive?" (Vlad to Sethra)
> "Certainly, Vlad. After all, it's always the defender who starts the 
> war."
> "Excuse me? Then it was Fornia who started the war with Morrolan?"
> "Yes indeed. That made him the defneder, and that was why so much 
> effort was involved in bringing him over to the attack."
> ...
> "The attcker doesn't want the war. The attacker wants to conquer. If 
> the defender would  simply allow him to do so there would be no war."
> "Uh... Sethra, I think there's something wrong with you logic."
> "No, there isn't. It's counterintuitive, but it isn't wrong."
>
> **stupid blonde giggle**
> -C
>
>

I remember that exchange.  By that logic, though, doesn't that seem to 
indicate that the US wanted Japan to begin (although perhaps not a 
Pearl Harbor style attack) WW2...?