[Jhoffa_]

I hate to admit this, but it sounds like the author may have a point..

What can be said about our new technology during the Clinton era? Do you know?

Personally, I have no idea. All I ever heard Clinton do was run down morale, give everyone black berets and implement "don't ask, don't tell"

Could there be some ray of truth to the idea that he advanced our military in some way during this period?

If he did, I won't deny him the credit for it. It's just that thinking back on, I can't remember him doing anything other than what's listed above. I certainly don't remember him funneling money into improvements.

????

[an amused spectator]

see my post #76 ;-)

[Billthedrill]

Actually, I can speak to the issue you bring up, at least in a small way. I was in Japan when the first Gulf War began, working for the DoD. I spent four straight weekends with active-duty friends headed for Desert Shield (anybody remember Desert Shield?), in the electronics district of Tokyo, Akihabara. We were looking to purchase every available off-the-shelf GPS receiver since Clinton funding cuts had made that nascent technology unavailable to many of the guys on the line.

I spent evenings in O and NCO clubs trying to translate the instructions. My Japanese was nowhere NEAR up to it...ended up begging for help from the sweet little Mama-sans who helped run the places. There's an irony there...