I hear you, I really do and you make a huge point about what 'war' is -- it is people under the organization of government deciding to murder one another.
And, we in the U.S.A. have the most lethal, devastating war machine of all -- not bragging, it is a fact. We the U.S. can annihilate any country on this planet - quickly, I might add. Again, not being arrogant or bragging when I type that, it is a fact, but we do not indiscriminately apply that kind of force anywhere at any time (even in the face of the Iraq war). I say that because I believe there are societies/countries that if they had the same capability as the U.S. in military power would reach out and touch a lot of people right now -- a very scary thought. Iraq is what it is because we did mismanage affairs after going in dismantling the Hussein/Iraq military machine (no bragging rights there, Iraq had nothing), but we did not apply military force like some other societies would have if they had the same capabilities. We have learned it is very, very difficult to have war and retain infrastructure and usability -- much easier to go in and annihilate and ask questions later, but the U.S. does not operate on that kind of philosophy. Am I rambling or have I made sense here? v/r //SIGNED// Stephen S. Wolfe, YA2, DAF 6th MDG Data Services Manager 6th MDG Information System Security Officer Comm (813) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricardo Aráoz Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:23 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] 3,000 centrifuges in Iran? Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > <snip> > >> That seemed pretty obvious to me without the "myth". > > Better than saying 'freakin' lie' don't you think? > >> We nuked Japan because we felt that in doing so we would avoid > even >> greater casualties by ending the war quickly. The question was: if the > >> US is allowed to invoke such reasoning in order to justify nuclear >> attacks against civilians, why shouldn't any other country be allowed > >> to use similar reasoning to nuke two US cities? > > I don't understand the analogy, are we about to induce the loss of 3-5 > million lives due to conventional warfare in the next couple of months? > No hay peor sordo que el que no quiere escuchar. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
