Bill Sykes' Newsletter from America.
(October 2001)
Everyone loves a winner.
(With the exception of the loser, of course).
Have you ever noticed that America is loath to declare
War.
With the exception of World War Two, when the United States
declared war against Japan after the Pearl Harbor incident
and joined the Allies in the fight against the Axis powers,
I cannot think of one other declaration of war.
Was there a declaration of war issued by the North against
the South, or vice versa, in the American Civil War, and
who really won?
Was it declared a draw??? (I'll have to look that one up).
 Most
of the wars fought by American Forces have been declared
"Police Actions".
Perhaps if you don't conduct a declared war, one avoids
the "winner - loser syndrome".
Let's take a look at the predicament in WW2.
The Allies won the fighting war, and because of vast reparations
paid by the victors to the losers, the losers won the peace.
!!!
Will the current war against terrorism also become known
as a Police Action?
The incongruity of the system.
I have heard from several news sources, that apparently
some of the Life Insurance Companies are balking at paying
out claims for victims of the terrorist attack.
Obviously I can't verify this and usually I don't make
observations on such actions without some kind of verification.
I am sure however that practically every life insurance
policy that I have seen has clauses that require determination
of proof of loss, and contain exemptions such as death due
to Acts of God, Acts of War, and Acts of Terrorism.
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