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Paul you are oversimplifying the issue by saying it is a "Nationalist Movement" and "Not our problem".

Hi Rb:

I disagree. Our fight is already complex enough due to the many components and int ...

"Force levels could be higher but we've the smallest military since 1940 and that's a domestic political issue that can't be changed with the likes of Kerry and the Great Society entitlement culture. ...

"The Mullahs of Iran can still muster suicide squads bur there's enough Irani's who can remember a better time and the signs of unrest grow. Containment seems more efficacious than attack.
North Kor ...

"Paul has gone on into a broad ranging argument of geo-politics. We're wasting time on the weakest of the 3 members of the Axis of Evil and China is the ultimate boogey man. I agree with the premise b ...

"No. The charge would be a simple "Assault and Battery."" {Scott}

Hi Scott:

I agree. That's all that the charge rightly should be.
And I'd be rightly punished if guilty of it.

"The Chechen situattion is not just "Nationalist" Terror, they have recieved funding, training and personnel from Osama. There are numerous cases of known Al Queda links to Chechyna,. . ."

Yes. The ...

"Ouch Paul, do you have any good news?" {DevilDon}

Hi Don:

To be honest, on this topic, no. None whatsoever.

I could sarcastically point out that Mexico has trade agreements with the People's ...

Hi SL:

I am familiar with the meaning of Epistemology, hence my question to you asking how you were using it in the context of what you wrote.

Personally, where modern philisophical systems are ...

Hi SL:

I need to ask:

Who do you define our current enemies as being or how do you define them? How do you define "losing" for the United States against our current enemies and "victory" over us ...

Hi SL:

Thanks for the thoughtful and interesting reply.

I'm also too busy to be spending as much time as I have been in the forum.

As to the "leveling." I don't believe it be temporary as y ...

"Bottom line, IMHO: Based on the circumstances and all that was known, a decisive leader had to deal with Iraq. " {USAF66-70}

Hi Fred:

With all due respect:

The US spent one year dinking arou ...

"Consider this: Say next week we do indeed finally find those elusive WMDs. Perhaps it’s unlikely, but I don’t think it’s entirely impossible, even at this late date, so humor me: Wouldn’t that make y ...

"However Paul, regarding current events, you say: “Bottom line, ask me today what I think knowing what we know now, then the US attacked the wrong target for a lot of very bad reasons given since.” {U ...

"Confirms my own bottom line view of the Vietnam War issue regarding winning/losing: As LBJ indicated (on his tapes), “It wasn’t winnable.” And even if in theory it may have been winnable, “groupthink ...

"Could it be there has been an anti-war movement in the U.S. since the 1600’s that varies from 45% to 55% of the voting public? {Lima Charlie}

Hi LC:

The answer is no. Because the US didn't exi ...