Posted on 05/04/2005 6:15:03 PM PDT by Valin
Another "conventional" war? Maybe. A "total war" for survival of our country? A definite, "Yes."
From what I hear, it's the intelligent, capable ones that get passed over.....the idiots up top are protecting their asses.
More sour grapes?
The drop bomb crowds are not paying attention to history. Our next near term competitor is China. Were are we going to be flying from to get there to drop bombs? And for how long? We did not have enough munitions for Iraq, a small country compared to china.
You only win wars with boots on the ground. Anyone that thinks we are going to nuke them till they glow needs to put down the crack pipe.
We do not have the troops to fight two land wars.
And the gear is currently in Iraq, it is functioning, but beat up.
Meyers downplayed the situation.
We will be out of Iraq sooner based on the recruiting issues it is causing.
But on the flip side first term enlistments are at an all time high.
your correct. We have not faced a military of almost equal strength since WW2. Life and death fighting here in America we win no problem. However, fighting in another country over something is were the MSM really kills us. One of the things we had better learn is to "win fast" or the media will rip us apart.
But what percentage of combat ground forces?
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