Hello energyplay, <<I don't see this administration backing down until U.S. deaths are over 5,000, maybe 10,000>>
You must instantly stop this kind of talk.
Would they be black or white soldiers?
I would imagine most offshore investors did not invest in US treasury securities just to see it backing down from a fight in a country of annual GDP of USD 250/capita.
Also, what then of N.Korea? Dominos? Afghanistan? Dominos? Columbia? Dominos? Mexico? Dominos? Taiwan? Dominos?
Pizza?
Should this backdown take place in the manner you are guessing, then that day is TeoTwawKi day.
I am guessing the US may backdown after the military draft has been reinstituted for 15 years or when its annual GDP drops to Au 10 ozs/capita.
OTOH, the draft may have to be reinstituted. The reception of the Iraqi non-military folks for the liberators are not encouraging so far for a long sustained presence of US troops.
I am guessing that no UN member state that is not currently involved in combat would send in any peacekeepers should the local welcoming reception not be of the type that a Trinidad & Tobago policeman can handle.
And so US draftees may be needed to do the job of peace-keeping and nation building, fighting, peace-keeping, building again, win hearts and minds, because UK may be busy, Australia may have more pressing matters to tend to, Canada may not want to have anything to do with the adventure, and Israel may be very busy.
Poland? We may have to forget about the make-belief countries of Eastern Europe, for they will have to keep an eye out for the bear in hibernation.
No, short of contracting out to a Chinese provincial government, I am afraid that the US is uniquely qualified to export soldiers.
Chugs, Jay |
