Hello EP, <<One year later, the government is quietly taking the first steps toward a targeted military draft of Americans with special skills in computers and foreign languages, according to a published report>>
... let us not be too surprised. The obvious is exactly that, obvious. What cannot mathematically be, cannot be.
Message 17835680 <<August 5th, 2002 ... You forgot the reinstitution of the military draft, given that a lot of troops will be needed everywhere, and all along the border, north and south.>>
You may remember that some person on this thread was all enthusiastic for (a) war, (b) endless war, (c) war's effect on the economy, and (d) enough so that her kids were going to study Arabic.
Of course, then there were satellites with wings, and big booms without big busts, and 'wheee! we are so rich'.
As I mentioned earlier, fuzzy thinking leads to ruination.
Chugs, Jay |