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Tyrannical on 09 February 2009
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Galaki said:
Tyrannical said:
The funny thing about brush fires and forest fires is the longer the area has gone without a significant fire, the more fuel is available and the worse the fire.

After years of not having a fire, there is so much dead brunable matter that's built up over time that when it does burn, it burn hot. That makes it difficult to put out, and the high winds generated by that heat carries burining embers that can rapidly spread.

 

Are you suggesting regular arsons?


No, regular controlled burns. Brush fires can't be prevented, they can only be delayed.

Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
 — Pat Buchanan – A Republic, Not an Empire