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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: quasar_1 who wrote (6161)11/15/2000 2:01:32 PM
From: long-gone  Read Replies (2) of 10042
 
<<That may be your feeling, but it has very little basis in fact. Is there any other military in the world that can challenge the US? The US military is far from 'collapse' by any relevant measurement.>>

Hardly, history has shown the goal of the US military planners, to be able to fight a two front war, a valid time proven one, as we have more than two coasts and even more international interests. Our inventories of munitions are below the danger threshold to the point our Men & Women in uniform(even front line infantry) are often allowed less training ammunition than the average US police officer. Our inventory of missiles(not just ICBM's) is at a 30 year low, so low in fact that military missions have been changed, substituting troop danger for cruise missiles due to shortage.

All parts of the press except the far left mainstream) are ripe with stories about lack of fuel available for training flights(guess it's all fueling Air Force 1,2 & Hillary's flights). The damage & loss of live aboard the USS Cole could have prevented with use of "oilers" (fueling ships) moth-balled due to lack of funding.

This is far to near "collapse" for my taste, we need go no further down this road toward destruction, in fact we need backtrack many miles.
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