Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you read again i wrote ultimate meaning that the 5 have the nuclear and missile technology to wipe each other out quite effectively. The USA does not have nor would it want to have the capability to take on the other four. It wants the ability to fight on 2 iraq type fronts simultaneously whether it has this capability allready remains to be seen. Lets see Iraq Korea and the Phillipines oops thats three allready. With reference to third world status, if you look at an important parameter like infant mortality you,ll find that the american record is abysmal in comparison with europe. There are many areas were the usa does not have superior capability things like quiet submarines for instance. What country has the ability to defeat a los angeles class boat? Where does one find the best magneto dynamics for pulse generators .Who win he most air to air competitions. However i believe we are drifting from off topic to tasteless and i,m out. simon > > Excuse me until I stop laughing. With the exception of the British there is no > nation on earth which has the ability to project power in the same was as the > United States. In fact any European country (the UK aside) is closer to being a > third-world than to the United States. > > The ability to fight effectively at any time of day or night, control the air > space, control the sea, provide high-quality crypto to officers in the field, > real-time intelligence gather, long distance logistic support: the combination > of these is beyond the grasp of any other nation...at this time. Even if you > took NATO, shucked off the US component, it wouldn't be any different. > > That's not brag, it's just fact. It's also why we should NOT go to war in Iraq. > > And ultimately the difference is that while any single other nation MIGHT be > able to get a snap shot off to do significant damage to the US, only the US > could take out the other four simultaneously in spite of our build-down in > strategic weapons. > > No other nation on earth could threaten Iraq as we are doing. (Another reason > not to be doing it.) > > Adam Bridge > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html