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To: Shtirlitz who wrote (1594)	4/4/1999 11:36:00 PM
From: Abner Hosmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

The salient point to me in this is that we are sending our men into the thick of it while trying to fight a limited engagement, and there are going to be casualties. What a disservice to our men in uniform. I wish it was Clinton going up in those Apache's.

To: Shtirlitz who wrote (1594)	4/5/1999 2:28:00 AM
From: Paul van Wijk	Respond to of 17770

Shtirlitz, One reason the U.S. has become the world's most powerful military force has been its ability to harness computers to collect and disseminate mountains of information and to ensure that firepower can be directed swiftly and accurately. But critics both inside and outside the Pentagon worry that the Defense Department's success with computers is also a potential Achilles' heel, and that the Y2K bug could become the chance of a lifetime for an adversary to land a sucker punch on U.S. forces or allies and thus win a victory of enormous propaganda value latimes.com Could it be that there is at least a very, very small "chance" America and its NATO-allies face a very serious security-problem AFTER 1 jan. 2000. (For example, Do you really believe NATO is capable of doing an air-campagne on Yugoslavia (or Iraq) in the 1st qtr. of 2000.) Because NATO is more dependent on high-tech than others we can say that Y2k will change the militairy balance of power, more or less, in NATO's disadvantage. So what options NATO has to prevent this from happen? A very logic move would be to use all power as long as NATO can fully rely on their technique to create a safe situation after 2000. By attacking the biggest threats to peace and minimizing their capabality to make war. And what has happened it the last 12 months: - Y2k in relation with DoD became an item of National Security - NATO ignores the UN (no time for diplomacy, we are in a hurry) - US and Brittain attack Iraq without consulting the UN or even informing their NATO-members. - And in the name of the people in Kosovo NATO is destroying a strong force in Central Europe that is controlled by an unpredictable leader. Next question is; how will US and Russia enter the new millennium. Well, not in the same relationship they have today. Too risky. cnn.com (read the last line) Paul