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To: D. Long who wrote (7533)	5/9/1999 2:12:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Respond to of 17770

D. Long, Good point. Every day that the US/NATO does not begin to put together an invasion force is one day closer to Milosevic winning. He knows it, we know it, for some strange reason, Clinton does not seem to understand that his air war will not bring about a favorable conclusion. They just have to lay low and wait us out. History has shown us the failure of air war to achieve objectives on the ground. The first example was the Battle of Britain when Herman Goering thought his Luftwaffe could bring the British to their knees. He failed and even lost a great many of his aircraft. I cannot think of a single example of where air power has won a war. All it can do is back up an army. Our air war against Iraq has proven not how invincible American air power is, but rather it has proven the astounding resourcefulness of the Iraqi people. I wonder what is going to break? Many of the pundits are saying that we are headed to a diplomatic solution because we don't have the will to mount the invasion. Endgame result: Milosevic wins, keeps Kosovo, and holds off NATO. Clinton loses, spends large resources, must pay to resettle hundreds of thousands of refugees. Chalk up another loss to the great inhaler! -john

To: D. Long who wrote (7533)	5/9/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 17770

I am sure Nuke, or Ron if he reads this post, would be able to better testify to the enormous back operations required. The US has always been noted for requiring 6-12 months ramp up and mobilization in order to fully bring the country's industrial capacity to bear. It was only in the post-WWII era that we opted to maintain a fairly large military. But even that didn't prevent our being caught with our pants down in Korea when Stalin gave the North the thumbs up to invade the south. In an all-out war, the US would augment its air and sea lift capability by nationalizing the airlines and US shipping and that would certainly assist any response. On thing that should not be overlooked is that when the US mobilized for Desert Storm most of the forces were already on a schedule to be withdrawn from European deployment. The Persian Gulf just became a temporary diversion. It is doubtful that even with the pre-positioned equipment depots at Diego Garcia and in Saudi Arabia, that we could reproduce such a quick and massive response. Regards, Ron