IBM, Disney, Bush: Nazis?

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>From: Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
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> And I imagine that, had you been born at all, you'd be
> speaking Japanese alongside your antipodean English ...

They bombed Darwin and got a two-man sub or two into Sydney Harbour. But
that's about it. The distances here too vast, the terrain too hostile ... it
would have gone the way of Napoleon's or Hitler's eastern campaigns had they
persevered with it. Japanese and Aust'n troops were still at pretty much of
a stand-off in the jungles of P-NG by war's end.

The irony is that the land and capital Japanese corporations have amassed
here through prudent investment and economic imperialism in the decades
since the war is far in excess of anything they would have gained through a
military campaign.

BTW, thanks to Janice for recommending that Eco article and to you for
locating it on-line. Bonzer!

best