How many of those Japanese were shot outright and worked to death in labor camps? We probably won't be any more sucessful in Iraq than you were in Afganastan.
Jerry- What are some of the data mining applications you are referring to? I only know of SAS and MATLAB, but am unsure whether they really fit the description or not.
Here are links to some advanced predictive applications; http://www.peltarion.com/products/products.html http://www.dataengine.de/english/sp/index.htm http://www.spss.com/clementine/ http://www.unisoftwareplus.com/products/mlf/ http://www.insightful.com/ http://www.angoss.com/ http://www.megaputer.com/data_mining.php http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/odm/index.html http://www.stoneanalytics.com/index.php http://www.sas.com/technologies/analytics/datamining/miner/index.html http://www.inforsense.com/ http://www.raptorinternational.com/