I'm thinking there is a bit of a

translation thing here... the movie I recall I think was called "Red Heat" not "Red Hot"...

But, of course, as it seems with any

political election in this country in my memory of late, it always seems to come down to a choice of the lesser of

the evils...

It's been ages since I...

I'm in midwest US and I am pretty

sure that "Alex" isusually considered a male name. I can think of a number of Alexes right now, and they are all

male.

(Alex Trebek, actor; 2 sports...

Actually no. You can defend your ships (or anything else) but not be

in a "direct" war. You would be if you were actively attacking *them*. Switzerland (which remained neutral) had

it's army...

If you are speaking of WWII, the US only entered the war formally after the attack on the US Navy

at Pearl Harbor. Not sure why the US didn't get more involved after the invasion of the...