In article ,
Penta wrote:
On 11 Jan 2004 15:00:01 -0500, (James Nicoll)
wrote:


OK, that was a military attack on (mostly) military assets.
I'll substitute March 9th, which included attacks on civilians.

March 9th?

Pancho Villa's raid into the US, which resulted in Black Jack
Pershing taking a large number of US troops on a tour of northern Mexico.
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"Precepts of religion. Every victory is a defeat. Every cut made is a wound
received. Every strength is a weakness. Every time you kill, you die."
In which case, he thought, clawing briars from in front of his face, the
enemy must be taking a right pounding, the poor buggers. [Memory, K.J. Parker]