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Preemptive war? Not a good plan.

Do not tease Mr. Happy Fun Superpower, because you are crunchy and good with fava beans.

1. Surprise attack? (which drives your foe into an unreasoning rage)
   
2. Well planned?
   
3. Well executed?
   
4. Weakened the enemy?
   
5. Destroyed their means of production? (so they can't build a brand new navy and ram your preemptive war down your throat with extreme prejudice?)

Unfortunately for them, Imperial Japan forgot that you needed to get a perfect score on this test, and they particularly forgot to read the parts written in invisible ink (highlight the quiz to reveal those parts). It took a few years for the United States to compose a response to this little letter, and it could be argued that the response may have been a little bit intemperate, but unprovoked aggressive war tends to bring out the irrational in people.

See what happens when you don't destroy your enemy's means of production?

—orc Wed Dec 7 12:37:43 2005

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