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A HERETIC I AM

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4. Someone said in the last day or so.....

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:04 PM

Oct 2012

and I wish I could remember who or source the quote (maybe someone else will) ....

basically "Give me a single Trident Sub and a time machine, send me back to 1917 and I'll be Emperor of the world by lunchtime."

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Today's Navy can kick the 1917 Navy's ass even if it has twice as many 1917 era ships [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2012 OP

Conservatives seem to be missing the nuance gene justiceischeap Oct 2012 #1

That was true even in 1967 when I was in the Navy.. Permanut Oct 2012 #2

Today's Navy can destroy the combined fleets of WWII Kaleva Oct 2012 #3

Today's navy can destroy the combined fleets of today. Angleae Oct 2012 #6

Someone said in the last day or so..... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2012 #4

Not so fast Fumesucker Oct 2012 #18

Because he was never in the Navy. Downwinder Oct 2012 #5

Years ago, Kirk Douglas hosted Saturday Night Live ... JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #7

Kirk Douglas starred in "The Final Countdown" too MrScorpio Oct 2012 #9

It would have been late for Pearl Harbor had it gone back to 1945 Kaleva Oct 2012 #11

Doh! I'll blame it on a "Senior Moment" JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #17

Mitt never heard of 'The Final Countdown' Octafish Oct 2012 #8

Heck i bet just two nuke subs could sink the whole 1917 navy. slampoet Oct 2012 #10

Normally, the weapons load out on a... rppper Oct 2012 #12

Would you rally around an outsider who calls you ill-prepared and in a sorry state... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #13

The GOP's theories on Military Science makes no sense Dash87 Oct 2012 #14

I think it's less about what they say publicly kentauros Oct 2012 #16

Hell, today's Navy kentauros Oct 2012 #15