On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda
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Since we've heard a lot about Red States and Blue
States I thought posting a link to this graphic would
be interesting. I'd been planning on making it
myself, but luckily someone much better at computers
beat me
Gautam said:
Hi Rich. It's an interesting argument - I think I've
talked about it with you briefly. I just want to
point out, though, that I think you've stacked the
deck a little bit.
Yes, you did talk to me about it briefly, and I appreciate your comments
both then and now. I don't
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From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This also is true. The important thing, though, is not the gap between
the US and EU militaries
Damon said:
There are plenty of nations in Europe that have similar numbers to
the UK in terms of troops and quality equipment, so the argument
should be, rather, why does the UK commit itself to
power-projection where the other major European states do not (the
answer is simple for some,
Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote,
... I think that Europe has effectively decided (with the
exception of GB and Russia) to effectively not be military powers.
Yes, I agree -- at least to the extent of saying that Europe has
decided not to be able to project more than a little military
--- Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Again, I will advertise the second half of my
article Enemies at the
Gate, which describes the changing state of
European power projection:
http://www.theculture.org/rich/sharpblue/archives/31.html
Rich
Hi Rich. It's an interesting
Since we've heard a lot about Red States and Blue
States I thought posting a link to this graphic would
be interesting. I'd been planning on making it
myself, but luckily someone much better at computers
beat me to it. Robert Vanderbei created a map of the
US shaded down to the county level and
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since we've heard a lot about Red States and Blue
States I thought posting a link to this graphic would
be interesting. I'd been planning on making it
myself, but luckily someone much better at computers
beat me to
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From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: Brin: Purple America
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since we've heard
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Realistically, Western Europe needed a leadership in
commitment by the US
match up well against Slovenia. Gautam or Damon can
correct me, but I
think that Europe has effectively decided (with the
exception of GB and
Russia) to effectively not be
You know that I also think there is more downside than upside in Iraq, and
I do appreciate the 10k or so troops that the British have in Iraq, but
from a military standpoint, we didn't get much help in Gulf War I or
IIso that going it with just the British will have practically no
effect. If
One other point, though. Damon mentioned two possible
crises the US military might be stretched to face.
Well that's fine, but I think you're fixating on a digression on my part,
and not something I intended to go into detail to defend. I presented a
couple of possible, likely conflicts, but
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well that's fine, but I think you're fixating on a
digression on my part,
and not something I intended to go into detail to
defend. I presented a
couple of possible, likely conflicts, but my point
is that at this
juncture, the military would be
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