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To: bentway who wrote (244944)10/14/2007 9:31:58 PM
From: Webster Groves  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
<I've come to the conclusion that ANY country or group of countries that challenged us militarily would be absolutely crushed, and they all know it.>

C'mon now, Viet Nam wasn't that long ago - F4's and against punji sticks, and you should know who won.

wg

PS - US military superiority derives solely from air power. Just look at the reports. Every time Marines get bogged down by a sniper they call in an air strike and waste the whole building. Works every time.



To: bentway who wrote (244944)10/15/2007 1:28:18 AM
From: geode00  Respond to of 281500
 
Fear = Profit.

We spend so much on 'defense' aka The Department of War and Aggression because it is hugely profitable. Paranoia, fear and stupidity are wonderful allies of crony capitalism.

Take out the profit motive, take out the out of control spending. If profiteering aka Blackwater or Halliburton were made criminal (as it should be) then we would find diplomacy verrrrrrry attractive.


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