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To: jjkirk who wrote (8349)	10/31/2001 12:53:53 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

jj, Sorry to give offense. I'm just trying to keep all this in perspective and provide a respite from the dread that we're all feeling. You know, in previous times when we've had to deal with the madness of the human condition, there have been writers who've risen to the occasion and provided a certain perspective that says we all need to take this with a grain of salt. Franz Kafka, Nathaniel West and Joseph Heller come to mind as writers whose gallows humor has made a lot of the absurdity of life more bearable. You may be more inclined to a straight and narrow view, and you may have your engineering hackles raised by my flippancy, but you have to admit, we're in a ridiculous posture as a nation trying to chase down one bad guy "straight out of central casting", as Colin Powell so astutely observed. If we can't find the humor in our powerlessness to deal with this situation, what can we do. Drop the big one now? Oh, there's another one of my favorites chiming in, Randy Newman. He pretty well summed it up don't you think: Political Science No one likes us-I don't know why We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try But all around, even our old friends put us down Let's drop the big one and see what happens We give them money-but are they grateful? No, they're spiteful and they're hateful They don't respect us-so let's surprise them We'll drop the big one and pulverize them Asia's crowded and Europe's too old Africa is far too hot And Canada's too cold And South America stole our name Let's drop the big one There'll be no one left to blame us We'll save Australia Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo We'll build an All American amusement park there They got surfin', too Boom goes London and boom Paree More room for you and more room for me And every city the whole world round Will just be another American town Oh, how peaceful it will be We'll set everybody free You'll wear a Japanese kimono And there'll be Italian shoes for me They all hate us anyhow So let's drop the big one now Let's drop the big one now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lighten up. You'll last longer. :)

To: jjkirk who wrote (8349)	10/31/2001 6:12:07 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My intention was, wise-a$$, to reinforce your point that you ain't gonna' launch no damn brigade helicopter assault off a carrier in this war...or from anywhere for that matter. jj, time will tell, but i am inclined to disagree with that prediction. a 3+ battalion lift is certainly within our capability and the right units to perform such a maneuver are in the ao. if the tactical situation calls for it, imo they will be deployed and they will not be walking in. there are plenty of launch points other than a carrier, though that is working well for some units. unclewest