Re: @Pete 2 - wolf in sheeps clothing
Surely the first victim of war is usually the poor border guards - standing by their stripey poles as a column of tanks suddenly approaches?
Unless you were fighting the old Imperial Japan. In which case their declaration of war was delivered to your fleet, in harbour. Then the embassy would handle the niceties a few hours later. Although admittedly in the case of Pearl Harbour that was by mistake rather than design and the embassy were supposed to give a few minutes warning.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
