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Thread #100963 Message #2031617
Posted By: JohnInKansas
20-Apr-07 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Even we can't be this stupid
Subject: RE: BS: Even we can't be this stupid
The sand curtain? The oil curtain? The Abramic curtain.
The Great Wall of China?
The Maginot Line?
Somehow I seem to remember someone pointing out that those within a walled city have no way to escape if the gate is breached.
Doesn't history indicate that once you're thus "protected" you usually, sooner or later, end up being exterminated.
John