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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (339)10/29/2003 4:50:55 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 90947
 
Excellent post! Nice research... but remember: they called it the 'peace dividend', as in 'the end of the Evil Empire' as an antagonist.

Not quite so much need to dominate the plains of Central Europe with heavy armor anymore.

The exact same philosophy Rumsfeld came in talking about: reforming our armed services to create lighter, more mobile and deployable forces.

Since we still outspend the next 20 largest military powers... and account for some 50% of the World's arms exports... and are beginning to actually deploy systems which haven't been able to pass testing yet (a la, strategic Missile Defense), I doubt that under the old paradigms we are exactly 'starving' our contractors.



To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (339)10/29/2003 8:51:04 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 90947
 
I posted it a week ago. Army newspaper poll. Clark around 50%, Bush around 30% and Kerry around 18%. That's why the GOP fears Clark and Kerry so much.

Clearly 8 years of Clinton did the militry no harm at all. Most of the training and equipment was organized during the Clinton years.


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