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To: unclewest who wrote (10935)	11/20/2001 6:09:43 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Our military strength makes our freedom possible." "our liberty cannot rest upon a hollow army." clinton...Memorial Day address 1993 usmemorialday.org

To: unclewest who wrote (10935)	11/20/2001 11:04:09 AM
From: FaultLine	Respond to of 281500

That was our peace dividend... anybody enjoying all the extra $? yes indeed, I enjoyed it all through the 90's just as you and millions of others did. --fl

To: unclewest who wrote (10935)	11/20/2001 11:31:20 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Again, please give up on the right wing nonsense, uw.

To: unclewest who wrote (10935)	11/20/2001 3:09:19 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

232 strategic bombers; I'm surprised by this. What type of bomber? 500 ICBMs with 1,950 warheads; Russia has been cutting these too. Bush and Putin both want further cutbacks. These are the American military forces that have disappeared since the 1992 election of Bill Clinton and Al Gore Why the dig at Clinton/Gore? We had a Republican Senate, Republican House, and Republican Secretary of Defense during much of this period. many question why the war started slow...some question why the number of daily sorties is so much lower than in the gulf war...well i have an answer. we lost the combat capability that we had! Iraq was a "target rich" environment. We had six months to prepare, and land-based planes right across the border for a fast turn-around.