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Old May 8th, 2003, 02:22 AM

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Default Re: History, what is it good for?

"Oh yes, I suppose the Vietnam war WAS the MOST beneficial war of the century"

He said war in general. Results of some:

WW1: fertilizers (orginally because Germany needed a way to make explosives without importing)

WW2: radar, better planes, early jets; nuclear power
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