Bush Is Back (part 2)!

Actually, Ashcroft has two possible goals, the Court and a 2008 run for President.By the way, Jerry Falwell annouced today the rebirth of the Moral Majority to specifically work towards a Fundamentalist President for 2008.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Gotta jump in here. The allies won WWII because...?

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JFI really was hoping you'd have some answers other than simply repeating the question. IMHO it's important because it will eventually resolve to the question of budget, funding and policy regarding National Defense. I'm not going to give my answer right now. Hopefully you'll work on the question.I can say that Lam's answer has nothing to do with the question.So again, why do YOU think the allies won WWII?

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They helped but afterall there were equally good code breakers on the other sides as well.Let's see what JF comes up with and we'll go from there.

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That's a good point too but it doesn't look like the allies had more support than the Japanese and they were certainly more fanatical in their support.Let's see what else comes up. Great ideas so far but I don't think they were the biggest reasons.

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Absolutely.The US could build boats faster than the Japanese, Italians and Germans could sink them. The US could build planes faster than the Axis could shoot them down, build more tanks, guns, trucks, trains, helmets, rifles, cannon, mortars faster than anyone else in the world.And why could we do that?For one thing we had the raw materials, and the industrial base for all of that. We also had the intellectual resources needed for the effort.No other nation had such a base.Now back towards the comment that started all this. Let's look at the Boeing scandal or deal.The US was looking for some air refueling tankers. The potential suppliers were Boeing and AirBus.IMHO, even considering AirBus was tantamount to treason.The US, particularly under Reagan, Bush and Bush have been actively outsourcing some of the very basic industries, steel, aircraft, boat building, design, rocketry. We even outsourced the wing design for the latest Boeing plane, the single most important feature in any aircraft and until now, the most closely guarded secret in aircraft.If there were another major war, would the US be in any position to fight it?So, is the issue one of coruption or total incompetance bordering on treason of our Presidents?

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Yeah, that's the one. It gets hard to keep all the scandals in order. Not quite as bad as 1939 when Boeing agreed to design an intercontinental bomber for the Japanese as long as the work was not done on their property, if say, a motel room was used instead. Right on. And it applies whether we are talking about a shooting war, cold war or economic one. The problem is twofold IMHO.First, is the possibility of a Nation State conflict that begins with smaller nations (anyone remember what happened in Sarajevo, or the tension that developed over two little islands, Quemoy and Matsu). There is a high probability of conflict between India/Pakistan, North/South Korea, conflict over the resources in Manchuria or Siberia (often refered to as the Northern Territories), the Sprateleys, Senkaku, the Kuriles.Second is the rise of China that will peak around 2020. By then China will have a blue water navy, subs that are the equal of ours, and long range missles.As to MAD, that base is nowhere near what it was. In addition, with the land mass of China and the population potential, as well as the difference in attitude about losses, would MAD apply when speaking of China? Or India? Or Pakistan?

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God is it good to find someone who has actually looked beyond the Hollywood representations of these issues.Thank you sir.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

The latest threat to the US and Great Britain is the sale of the IBM PC division to a Chinese company. It includes the right to sell the PCs under the IBM name for 5 years. Those PCs will end up in US businesses and governments, but how much will we or anyoneelse know about what is happening below the surface?We are rapidly turning over control of technology, communications (both the undersea lines and satellite transmissions) to other nations.How long can we continue to outsource the basic infrastructure that supports any Nation State?

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Actually, the Chinese buyer is the fourth largest manufacturer of PCs world-wide. It also looks to be yet another shell company owned by the Chinese Army.

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Two fronts. Remember the Pacific and Asia.

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Here too, but Fundamentalist christians are exempt from good taste. They are allowed to denigrate any of the unwashed infidels. They are also excused for not having the sense of a red brick, from being able to read or understand the Bible, from having any knowledge of Christianity, History, Economics, Politics or Honesty.

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It was a derogitory term for Asains, Chinese, Korean, Southeast Asian. It had nothing to do with any poltical system and goes back atleast to the 1700's. It's certainly not something that would ever be used in polite company.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Yes, you lean to the LEFT.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion