At 11:55 9-2-02 +1100, Brett Coster wrote: >As Gautam says: > >And in a couple of years we will have _thirteen_ Carrier Task >Forces. _Each one_ will be more powerful than the second largest Navy in >the world - arguably, since no one else has any meaningful carrier forces, >each one will be more powerful than the _combined_ Navies of the world. >This is one capacity (among many) that other countries just don't have. If >you want to talk about strategic affairs in the world today, you have to >start with the basic understanding that the US is vastly different from >every other country in the world - more different than any other country in >history. > >End quote > >Don't you see something worrying here? Not just one or two carrier groups, >each more powerful than any other navy - THIRTEEN. That is just straight out >and out overkill. > >One of these days, most of us fear, that big helpful kid in the playground >might just turn into the biggest bully we've ever heard about. And there'll >be absolutely NOTHING any of us, alone or in concert, can do about it. > >And not only that, any time we want to help him, even just play with him, it >has to be done exactly on his terms. > >So we get a little scared of him. And one day, he doesn't have any friends >apart from one or two who crawl to him like nothing you've ever seen.
Excellent writing, Brett! You did a wonderful job of describing my worries. I could not have said it better myself. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
