Posted on 05/07/2002 7:58:55 AM PDT by maquiladora
Your point about the impact on economy is well-taken. What makes our age different from previous ages in history is that the role of perceiption in our economic system. The sense of security, trust, and confidence are the foundation of many financial systems. Unfortunately, these can be easily shaken by drastic events like big war. Trillions dollars will evaporate not because of any real physical damage but shaken confidence. I think this is another important factor in Bush's war planning in addition to geopolitcs and military. Thing are more complicated than it used to. This glass tower of financial system should be protected from shock wave from the distance while US is waging a war. No easy task to accomplish.
We don't need to use smart bombs to take out the Toyotas. Just send my ex wife there. She destroys every car she gets behind the wheel of. She's like an automotive Nosferatu...she gets behind the wheel and the life just gets sucked out of the car, regardless of make and model.
You're not kidding. I grew up during the 80's, when the only big fear I had as a kid was being nuked by the Soviets at night. Now my kid has a whole lot more to worry about. The world was a much simpler place. I mean, Reagan was in the White House and Clint Eastwood had his own police force!(while mayor of Carmel) ICBM's pointed at us or not, we still felt safe.
We have and it is!
They might find a few Hiroshima-results sitting in places like Beijing, Pyongyang and other cities.
I think Bill Clinton has rendered this nation incapable of successfully dealing with such a calamity.
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It's not "sarcasm" - it's hyperbole, exaggeration, and ad homimem attack.
The same as Pakistanies in seven elevens down south, but hey Friends and ER are on and it is near time to whip out the barbie and cook some weenys.</ sarcasm >
Launch a preemptive strike on the Goodyear Blimp? Or maybe it is believed still to be the capitol of the tire industry.
You're right about that. We have not seen anything yet.
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