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Old 01-09-2009, 12:50 AM   #235
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I don't think that Douhet's crib death would have prevented bombing strategy from evolving to this point.
Probably not, some other idiot would have fallen in love with the idea of indiscriminately smashing the enemy from the safety of the skies. That's the lesson of history - there's always another idiot.

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Don't want to argue, just asking - Does that mean that Canada is a Christian religious state? Or is it a secular state because it has a constitution?
It isn't a secular state because it has a constitution, it is a secular state because the law of the land is based on a secular document. There is no portion of the Canadian Constitution that enjoins that the law of the land be based on the Bible or Jesus' teachings. Similarly, the oft-heard claim that the USA is based upon Christianity is not borne out by their Constitution, either.

I agree that Israeli law and government displays significant British influence. I also think that this influence could eventually evolve the state into one that is truly secular - but that is nowhere near happening yet.
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