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To: pompsander who wrote (13055)	12/17/2007 9:00:01 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) of 25737

Re: I have heard Dr. Paul say "build a stronger defense" many times in his presentations. His key point is sometimes missed: We can have a huge defense outlay and spread it out all over the World, thinner and thinner. Does this make us Stronger? Isn't wiser use of our resource the better answer? Heaven knows, the money spent in Iraq might have bought a "stronger defense" if deployed elsewhere....or even half of it...or a quarter. Yes. One term to sum up that concept might be "Imperial Overstretch". (A description for self-imposed catastrophic collapse that history has all too many examples of....) The basic validity of the fundamental principle, of the conditions which underlay it's development, have only been reinforced by modern developments in warfare which, from the World Wars onward, have produced an ever higher correlation with the basic strength and health and potentials of the national economies involved. (As war becomes ever more technologically dependent, reliant upon economic potentials, cost-effectiveness measures become critical measurements. Ultimately, the Empires themselves are put in the balance....)

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