At 15:55 4-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
They are not complementary, they are contradictory. Gautam et al. are saying that other countries lack the training and equipment to play an important role in international conflicts -- IOW, they are not capable of doing any "heavy lifting" and must therefore leave the "heavy lifting" to the US. Yet at the same time Gautam et al. *complain* that those countries don't do the "heavy lifting".
Are these countries capable of training their citizens to do 'heavy lifting'? Yes.
They would be capable of it, if they would have the money for it.
Only in very limited numbers, given that those countries cannot afford the huge spending on defense the way the US does. And with budget cuts all over the place, we'll be buying even less.Are these countries capable of purchasing heavy weapons? Usually.
I think the US would get a lot more cooperation if it would stop belittling the military of other countries.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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