Some may wonder about that last post. But there's no explanation other than subconcious at work. Something triggered this bit about the Houston Mass Murders, and just wasn't any way to explain why this popped into my head. It was pure subconscious.
Other things are grabbing my attention, and I don't know why. Lately I have been watching some videos about battles. For some reason, the Battle of Midway seems to fascinate me. I've moved on to the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
With respect to Leyte Gulf, did you know that the battle could have been a strategic setback of great magnitude? The current thinking is that American productive capabilities made the outcome of the war a certain American victory. But in war, nothing is really certain. Therefore, in spite of the American increasing material advantage over the Japanese, it was still possible to have an enormous defeat.
But that is what the Americans inflicted upon the Japanese at Midway. The Japanese at that point had the advantage. In one moment, which cannot be explained, the entire tide of the war had changed. Up to that point, things were going Japan's way. By the time Leyte Gulf had come around, the roles were reversed. Victory for America just seemed a matter of time. Yet it was possible to have had a major defeat pinned on the US Navy. What would have been the result of that one?
I have studied the Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas defeated the Mexican Army. Santa Anna was captured. It is a lot like these other examples. One power seemed to be in control, but in a short period of time, everything changed.
The moral of this story? Maybe it is just this: never underestimate your opponent. I got that one from reading about playing chess. In chess, just one bad move can lose the game. War may be the same way. Also, you could lose your life over something that doesn't seem like much of a threat. Like some guy offering you a ride to where you're going. That was one of Dean Corll's tricks to get young men into his vehicles. It seems that we are always on the knife's edge of disaster.
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