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   From: alexey_r@mail.ru   
      
   On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 11:49:47 -0800, Mike  Schilling wrote:   
      
   > "John W. Kennedy"  wrote in message   
   > news:_nKXi.39$Gq7.33@newsfe09.lga...   
   >> Tim Bruening wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:08:13 -0800, Tim Bruening   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> But surely there would be enough asteroids and bombs of the right type   
   >>>>> to   
   >>>>> allow Sheridan's trick to be attempted again.   
   >>>>         Once something of this nature is used in battle, you can't   
   >>>> guarantee that you're going to get the same results twice.   
   >>>   
   >>> However, the Minbari were kicking the Earth Alliance's butt!  Sheridan's   
   >>> tactic of exploding concealed nukes was the only one that had succeeded!   
   >>> I   
   >>> would therefore have expected it to be used again and again by a   
   >>> desperate   
   >>> Earth Alliance military, even if success couldn't be guaranteed.  After   
   >>> all,   
   >>> the Earth Alliance had nothing to lose, since it was already losing.   
   >>   
   >> You are basing your entire argument on the idea that the Minbari are   
   >> stupid.   
   >   
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