> Robert wrote: > Israel has nukes, everyone knows it, and if push comes to shove and their > nation is threatened, > they can wipe out everyone in the neighboorhood. Just like the US and Russia > could have back in > the Cold War (and still could today).
Nice write up. I think, however, you put way too much into the biggest gun theory which, these days, doesn't mean a hill o' beans. The US has nukes, so why don't we just "wipe out" Iraq? Why didn't we wipe out Vietnam? or Korea? In all of these conflicts we've left (or stayed) with our tail between our legs because your theory (we'll just go in and blow everything up) doesn't work. Having nukes does help Israel avoid an all out attack but it doesn't stop anything else: not Scuds from Iraq and not suicide bombers. So the biggest gun isn't much of a deterrent to an enemy, especially one that's not a country. Nukes are essentially worthless in all but the most dire circumstances. Today the most powerful weapon is a human on the ground - intelligence - without it all other weapons are worthless. > Did Bush increase spending? Yes. Defense has been big. Tax cuts (my favorite) > have been big. No, defense was small (13%) and the tax cuts weren't cuts but spending. Even so, they're both smaller than pork, Mr. Bush's largest expenditure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160712 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
