Posted on 05/05/2016 3:40:16 AM PDT by SJackson
Just another front where Obama has destroyed our ability to defend ourselves.
Trump will prove more than equal to that challenge. Allah had better help the Muzzie survive. Trump won’t help them survive if they try that. Rather the contrary.
I don’t want the Muslims to do. I just want them to stay where they came from. I don’t think that is too much to ask for.
With that being said, it will be interesting to see how fast Trump crushes ISIS.
A short item that gives you the flavor of
Mohammed-Charlemagne-Revisited
and then if you really want to undestand it all, there's this:
Agreed. Guns or butter, their choice.
Do they expect all their newly imported military aged Muslims will protect them from the Russian bear? Unlikely. The Muslim hordes are just going to help themselves to the sweet, soft pickings while they last.
Western Europe is so-ooo screwed! So are we for that matter unless we turn our own similar situation around fast...
Of course, one must never mention the fact that the reason there hasn't been another wide-scale European war is because of nuclear weapons. Therefore, the author must exclude that critical factor to allow his fantasy scenario of the Russian hordes (a modest sized country of 150m with the economy of Italy) pouring through the Fulda gap.
What is this, NATO justification circa 1950? I can only imagine the author's counterpart in Russia constructing the same kinds of fantasy scenarios for an equally bemused audience.
Lest anyone be confused, there will never be another confrontation between any global powers without nukes. Once you understand that important fact, then you can put to rest nonsense scenarios of conventional forces facing off like a reprise of 1945.
No one has used Chemical warfare in the West since 1918 for a similar reason.
However, that doesn’t mean it is off the table. I only takes one nation to break the ice.
One bomb could have ended Vietnam and Korean wars. They weren’t used. The political will just won’t be there, ever.
One bomb in Korea would have led to many, many more. The USSR would have jumped in full throttle.
In Vietnam,.. Well the US never really tried to fight that war. If we had treated it like we did Germany in WWII, the outcome may have been much different. Since WWII, every war the US have fought has had layers upon layers of ROE that make waging the fight very hard. And there is no cler objective on what “winning” means.
No they wouldn’t have. The USSR would not have nuked the USA if we dropped one on the gooks in DPRK.
I know things change. Like I went to my hometown (sm. like Mayberry) last month. It was horrible for me. Charming, yes. Clean, yes. Historical district, yes. However, it was so modern! No small town feel. Tourists. The people there have no idea how my town use to be in spite of the Historical District. How has Europe changed.
I guess I am asking: is the change for the best.
If the history of warfare teaches anything at all, it’s that when a nation becomes truly desperate it’ll resort to anything.
The whole chemical warfare comparison is a red herring. Chemical weapons are counterproductive, and have, in any case, been used in the Middle East quite recently.
Nevertheless, I hope you’re right - I do hope nuclear weapons are never again employed.
I just don’t have your faith in the sanity of the human race.
“His army would get there. And then they would run out of gas. And...we are not much more capable.”
You’re one of the few to get this right. Russia doesn’t have the assets to project power outside its borders. Maybe a brigade or two but that’s abou it. Concerning the U.S.; since and including the Civil War, we have superior logistics knowledge and capability over our adversaries. And, although Obama has drawn down our military to dismal levels we still have institutional knowledge and expertise concerning projecting power, logistics, etc. and, even though our heavy lift capacity has been severely reduced we are still far superior in this arena to Russia.
bkmk
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