[irtheory] War ain't beanbag. Irony is conserved.

[Yeoh Yiu]

Thomas Shaddack <shaddack at ns.arachne.cz> writes:

> > >Exactly at which point does a war (any war) stop being defensive
> > >because according to the history books the US has never fought an
> > >aggressive war.
> >
> > I prefer to think about the McDonald's paradox: No country that has a
> > McDonald's has attacked another. :-).
> 
> Then either the paradox is dead wrong, or there is something unclear on
> the definition of what counts as "attack", as Clinton would say.

Attacks before the McDonald's opened don't count.