[Wonder Warthog]

"This allegation has been refuted many times before. The US military is the largest and strongest military force in the world and has no equal opposite force anywhere."

Yes, but it's a lot smaller than it was under Reagan and GHWB--thanks to the Clintons for reducing its size so drastically so they could have a "peace dividend" to spend on more Democrat welfare.

[George W. Bush]

Yes, but it's a lot smaller than it was under Reagan and GHWB--thanks to the Clintons for reducing its size so drastically so they could have a "peace dividend" to spend on more Democrat welfare.

We hear this at times but I'd like to ask something: Bush has been in office with Republican majorities for six years and has piled up a vast debt, most of it discretionary spending. If Republicans are not responsible for military spending and force sizes, how can you blame Xlinton, out of office for almost six years? If Bush and the GOP congress isn't responsible now, having passed five budgets on Bush's watch, then will Bush finally be responsible on, say, the last day he's in the White House? Or will he, despite six years of holding the majority and suffering the worst terror attack in U.S. history, never be responsible for the size and readiness of the military?

[CBart95]

Each of you have odd ball commentary from resentments about the Clintons to notions about China attacking Taiwan to self-congratulating Brits being imbecilic about their own importance and reverting to unwarranted and unintended slights to their bravery and participation in the Iraq conflict...all of it goofy and off-the-wall and proof that this place occasionally attracts all manner of opinions,rarely cordial or good natured and sometimes offered in hostile and defensive terms.

Reception of that type of cordiality nets exactly what would be expected...nothing.

That of course is exactly what the terrorists are hoping for...having all of us locked in utter disagreement and anger with each other.