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To: joseph krinsky who wrote (236764)3/12/2002 12:03:07 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
To get back to a point I alluded to, if steel were strategicly important then why ship all our scrap overseas? The national security argument does not hold up in the face of the facts. The fact is the U.S. is trying to compete in a comodity market for one of the more plentiful elements on earth. Iron and Steel will always be cheap so long as there are countries who do not have the option of diversifying their economies from these relatively low-tech industries.
TP



To: joseph krinsky who wrote (236764)3/12/2002 12:03:16 PM
From: DrGrabow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
We have enough people that we can replace our troops.

Just like Germany did at the end of the war... put 16 year olds on the front line. I think it takes more than just a warm body to be a soldier.

If your premise is correct than BEWARE THE YELLOW HORDE!

If all it took was troop replacement then our world would look totally different. Just one example... Xerxes defeat at Thermopylae. Had Persia defeated the Greeks..... well, who knows...


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