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So, we're OK with a military that is twice as strong as our enemies. We don't need one that is six times as strong, that's just overkill.
We also don't need weapons that are powerful enough to wipe out the Soviet Union. We already won that war.
and modern warfare is more likely to involve small arms and surgical strikes than it is to involve sophisticated weaponry and large naval vessels, especially if we've finally learned our lesson about not attempting nation building projects.
How many wars in how many places should we be able to fight at the same time?So, we're OK with a military that is twice as strong as our enemies. We don't need one that is six times as strong, that's just overkill.
We also don't need weapons that are powerful enough to wipe out the Soviet Union. We already won that war.
and modern warfare is more likely to involve small arms and surgical strikes than it is to involve sophisticated weaponry and large naval vessels, especially if we've finally learned our lesson about not attempting nation building projects.
How many wars in how many places should we be able to fight at the same time?
If we are not going to have a navy with large vessels how will we get our forces and supplies to the places we fight? FedEx?
I don't think the choices is endless number or zero. Instead, it is what do we need, and when is it enough?
In arriving at that number, and force level is always going to be the rub....After all leaving it to people that don't recognize a threat until after an incident is dangerous.
That all may have been true. How much money and time were spent "getting" T. Delay?
Not half as much as was spent to get Al Capone. :mrgreen:
Well, that's your opinion. I am not so sure we are "six times as strong" as anyone....
Oh, so once the cold war was over, never another thought about Russia eh? Sounds naive to me...
Yeah? What if it's not? What happens if we downsize, who fills that vacuum? You just dismiss that anyone would want to take us down, until after the carnage has happened, then you ring your hands and say "how could this have happened"?
Tom Delay may yet win on Appeal, From what I understand the law he was convected under
did not include checks until 2005, 3 years after the charged event.
One question to ask, might be why was he charged in Travis county, as he never lived in
or represented that area?
Even in liberal Travis county, it took several grand juries to get an indictment.
Did the Democratic party benefit from Delay being removed?
Do you know that Delay's illegal activity is legal in most other state, and maybe even Texas at the time.The entire U.S. population benefited by putting that crook in jail. That's how you prevent further crooked politicians from doing the same as he.
It is a trumph of the justice system that such a "connected" politician is not above the law and received some of the punishment he deserves.
Do you know that Delay's illegal activity is legal in most other state, and maybe even Texas at the time.
I was in Delay's district for a while, I don't think he was a nice guy, but I also did not expect him to be.
If our legal system is used to remove politicians based on their lean, it is a corruption of our legal system.
So Delay stood trial for selling favors? news to me!Texas "leans" Republican so your accusation of bias is unfounded. It there wasnt' such a GOP bias there Delay would have been in jail years ago. He took money for favors and that should be a life sentance for politicians.
So Delay stood trial for selling favors? news to me!
Corruption at any level should not be tolerated, but Delay was not convected of corruption, or selling favors.
Corruption can also take the form of improper prosecution.
All forms of corruption are dangerous to our Republic, and we should guard against them all.
But the number we choose to prepare for are policy decisions. They are made by civilians. All wars are "come as you are". So policy drives our options. For many years we had a 2 1/2 war strategy. Today what is our strategy? One on a good day if the wind is at our backs?I don't think the choices is endless number or zero. Instead, it is what do we need, and when is it enough?
Earlier I wrote, "How many wars in how many places should we be able to fight at the same time?
If we are not going to have a navy with large vessels how will we get our forces and supplies to the places we fight? FedEx?"
But the number we choose to prepare for are policy decisions. They are made by civilians. All wars are "come as you are". So policy drives our options. For many years we had a 2 1/2 war strategy. Today what is our strategy? One on a good day if the wind is at our backs?
You mean obstruction of justice by the accused rapist William Jefferson BJ Clinton? He lost his law license. And, no doubt still has sex with only the fattest of interns.Are the money spent trying to impeach a President for a bj.:2wave:
Are you for the draft then and conscripts? That should bring our military costs in line with most other nations.If spending = strength, then we should be.
Oh, we still need a military that is stronger than that of Russia. We just shouldn't have to spend six or seven times as much as they do to accomplish that end.
Again, I'm not saying that we need to dump the military, just that we don't have to spend as much as we do in order to be safe.
When it comes to cutting spending, we can't have sacred cows. We can't put a large part of the budget aside and say, "Oh, the cuts will have to come from somewhere else." Everything has to be considered.
Not that it matters. It's not as if we have any real fiscal conservatives elected anyway.
Where are we fighting two wars?As we're still fighting two right now, I don't think that's true.
Where are we fighting two wars?
What is our troop level in Afghanistan? Is it about 130K?
And Iraq? 10K?
Afghanistan requires a million. We are fighting 1/10th of a war.
Which gets us back to come as you are wars.And over kill at that, doing more nation building than fighting any nation. But two all the same.
Btw, if we really did meter into a huge conflict, the draft is still possible. Just thought I'd mention that.
Which gets us back to come as you are wars.
The One says the war in Iraq is over.