The United States has not fought a multiple front war without Allies since the Civil War. Can you name one? Lets see, Spanish -American War - fought with the help of the Philippine people. WWI - the US did not get involved until the last year of the conflict. WWII - the US was but one of several participants. Korean War, same thing. Vietnam - Australia, South Korea and Thailand. Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo, same - all were fought with the assistance of multi-national coalitions.
The real problem with the missile defense system is that it is so very easily spoofed. When a $25 Mylar balloon that is "tuned" can spoof a trillion dollar system, isn't that a waste? larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:24 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Ouch > > > We've fought wars on multiple fronts in the past and we can > do it again. > I'm sure there were those that opposed our involvement in Europe > considering that we were at war with Japan, but we did it anyways > because we had an obligation to do so. Contrary to many > beliefs, this > country can walk and chew gum at the same time. Our military is very > well trained and our Intelligence gathering efforts have been > lacking, > but we now see the error of our ways now and we will be able > to conduct > the sort of operations that we need to in order to protect > the US. We > can improve our military readiness, improve our intelligence > gathering > efforts, and pursue alternative ways of protecting the > citizens of this > country..all at the same time. > > As for missile defense, it is not THE way to protect America > but one of > many means in which to do so. Iraq couldn't give a rats ass about an > AMB treaty. Once China gets their weapons up to snuff, they > won't give > a crap either. Pakistan has nuclear weapons. If the current regime > were to fall into the hands of an organization like the Taliban or Al > Queada, do you think they care about the stupid treaty? Shall I > continue with North Korea? None of these countries give a damn about > the ABM treaty except to make a bunch of noise, apply international > political pressure against the US, and do everything they can > to prevent > America from defending herself because they really don't want > the US the > means to do so. Why? Because if she can, then they are left > out in the > cold. > > Before Sept. 11th, no one would have thought that a terrorist group > would have been able to accomplish what they were able to > accomplish. I > mean really think about it...the Twin Towers are GONE!!! Should we > really revert back to that mindset of "well, it probably > won't happen so > let's not do anything about it?" I think that Ballistic > Missiles are a > credible threat and should be addressed. If we ignore them and God > forbid something happens, the same people who are bitching > about missile > defense now would be lambasting whatever administration is in > the White > House at the time for not doing SOMETHING about it. > > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > www.endoradigital.com > 630/942-5211 x-134 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Judith Dinowitz > To: CF-Community > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:52 AM > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > It's just that with the war we're currently in against > terrorism, it's > not > a good idea to piss off our current allies, like Russia. Why do we > want to > restart the Cold War? We'd be better off concentrating on > building up > better defenses such as the skills of our own > armies/navies/etc., our > spy > networks to ferret out future terrorist plots ... > > Judith > > >Lets see, Russia is against the US withdrawal from the ABM > treaty, as > is > >China, all of the EU, Canada, Britain and all the other NATO > countries. Need > >I continue? > > > >The missile defense systems are simply a waste of money. > The various > reports > >by different scientific bodies have all been anonymous in stating > that the > >system will not work. Why waste money on a Republican boondoggle. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
