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Old March 16th, 2008, 06:33 PM
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Re: Yamato, the super-battleship

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Originally Posted by jdbeatty View Post
Why is it that "Monday morning quarterbacks" are always said of those who ask why the "LOSERS" didn't do the obvious.
Because the winners won, so second guessing them is less interesting.

Any analysis of decisions after the fact is the very definition of Monday morning quarterbacking. Analyzing events and decisions, especially mistakes, is what historians do. To criticize it is to criticize the very process of learning.
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