Posted on 07/04/2004 7:56:07 PM PDT by Az. Mike
Guess What Country This Is?
Can you name this country?
709,000 REGULAR (ACTIVE DUTY) PERSONNEL.
293,000 RESERVE TROOPS.
EIGHT STANDING ARMY DIVISIONS.
20 AIR FORCE AND NAVY AIR WINGS WITH 2,000 COMBAT AIRCRAFT.
232 STRATEGIC BOMBERS.
19 STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES WITH 3,114 NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON 232 MISSILES.
500 ICBMs WITH 1,950 WARHEADS.
FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND 121 SURFACE COMBAT SHIPS AND SUBMARINES PLUS ALL THE SUPPORT BASES, SHIPYARDS,AND LOGISTICAL ASSETS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN SUCH A NAVAL FORCE.
IS THIS COUNTRY:
RUSSIA? NO
CHINA? NO
GREAT BRITAIN? NO
FRANCE? WRONG AGAIN
MUST BE USA? STILL WRONG
GIVE UP?
THESE ARE THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES THAT WERE ELIMINATED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF BILL CLINTON AND AL GORE.
IMAGINE WHAT A JOHN KERRY ADMINISTRATION WOULD LOOK LIKE CONSIDERING HIS 20 YEAR VOTING RECORD AGAINST DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS STARTING WITH HIS OPPOSITION TO RONALD REAGAN'S SDI INITIATIVE [STAR WARS] WHICH LED TO THE DEMISE OF THE SOVIET UNION.
Thanks for posting this (in spite of the silly protests from a couple of FReepers). I hadn't seen it before and I needed it to pass along to a liberal friend who thinks GWB is to blame for everything that goes wrong on the face of the earth. She may never see the light, but I'll continue to supply her with information that makes her look ridiculous when she tries to refute it.
:(...I don't care for Kerry at all..he makes me :( sad
Someone needs to understand the use of capitilzation. There is a reason for lower case and Upper Case.
I understand capitalization (and can spell the word, too). The thread was a cut and paste from the strangecosmos.com site. That's the way they presented it. Take up the issue with them (but use smaller, easier to spell words, in your e-mail to them).
Are you applying foe A+Bert's vacant position? I'd give this thread as a letter of recommendation.
Personally, don't think the force reductions were too great, the numbers now could have been plenty sufficient, if the political will to nip the coming adversaries in the bud was there after the first WTC bombing. Lack of political will, politicians without a competent international portfolio, and decimation of intelligence agencies human captial in favor of technological solutions caused most of these problems. IMHO.
What are the numbers from Bush, Sr. It would be an interesting comparison.
Whoa, a promotion. Kewl.
Time for a bump TTT
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