RE: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuildingtheAfghanarmy -- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-19 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
It's a melting pot of ex military, so I'm sure there are some. You'll find that democrats and republicans here support the right to bear arms and self defense. Hell, if I'd known he was down here, I would have let him buy me a drink since he's prosperous and I'm not. After all, I would do the

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuildingtheAfghanarmy-- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-18 Thread Nicholas Geti
Hi Stephen! Viewed in its own context the Vietnam war made no sense. Viewed as a proxy war US vs. Soviet Union it *still* made no sense. If any nation should have wished to fight the Soviet Union the Reagan approach proved to be the correct one. It was simple: Reagan identified them as

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuildingtheAfghanarmy-- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-18 Thread Pete Theisen
Nicholas Geti wrote: It was simple: Reagan identified them as the target, then engaged them in an arms race that drove them to bankruptcy. It was not simple. It was amazing luck that so many things came together at once. Outspending is only part of the issue. See