Something to consider

[RgrF]

Of course it was different. The way people perceived it at the time wasn't. The threat was every bit as real to them as is China to you today. The Japanese had recently bought the Chrysler Building in New York and the sky was falling.

BTW I was responding to another one of Swampy's incredibly stupid posts and calling her on her act. By ignoring that you join the debate, but only as a diversion.