AW: Re: [DL] Re: What Happened to the Union? [OT]

[<markus.finster@chello.at>]

> >I really don't think it's plausible the British would actually *attack* 
> >the Union. It'd be insanity.
> 
>          Wars do not always begin with rational means and/or goals 
> involved. Indeed, national pride, religion and other "irrational" factors 
> have caused at least as many wars as sheer Machiavellian power politics. 
> Forgive me for being so blunt, but if all wars began because of rational 
> causes, the World Trade Center towers would both still be standing today.

A good example for an irrationale war might be the Soccer War of 1969 between Hinduras and El Salvador. http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/hat/honduras/fsoccer1969.htm

Markus