At 12:45 PM 9/30/99 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 9/30/99 12:01:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>rocket88@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
><< Apparently they are considering asking the American military for help. >>
>
>It seems like the Americans are hesitant to help Japan.  Like TenchiMP said 
>Winston Churchill said(recalling from memory) "American will do the right 
>thing.  Once they've exhausted every other solution."  And like i've said 
>"America exists on another planet ,or at least most of its citizens believe 
>it does."

sad but true. 

-Tenchi MP
"Americans will always do the right thing...after they have exhausted all
the other possibilities"-Winston Churchill