After Pearl Harbor, why didn't FDR declare war on aviation?

kaygore

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Tue Apr-18-06 10:46 PM
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After Pearl Harbor, why didn't FDR declare war on aviation?

A friend sent this to me:

Chilling science-fiction short-short story of the day:
"Message From The Future " by Dan Simmons (author of
the  Hyperion series) has been getting a lot of buzz around
the blogosphere for its dark vision of the future of America
and Islam: 

http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message.htm

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wtmusic

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Tue Apr-18-06 10:53 PM
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1. or China?

:silly:

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Duer 157099

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Tue Apr-18-06 10:57 PM
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2. Or after Oklahoma City, why not declare war on ourself?

Edited on Tue Apr-18-06 10:58 PM by dotcosm

After all, we were harboring terrorists

(oh crap, I don't want to give them any ideas)

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Igel

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Tue Apr-18-06 11:07 PM
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3. I read it a few weeks ago.

I thought it clever.

Of course, the phrase 'war on aviation' relies on a rhetorical device: it's not aviation, but the tools and equipment used in aviation what would be targeted.

I keep meaning to re-read the Hyperion novels. I managed to overlook the last one, and it's been a decade or so now.

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