dstieger
9 years ago
What did Newt do to pizz off the Donald? Newt's been blowing him in the most public fashion for nearly two years and he can't get near a cushy administration 'job'...and still, Gingrich is relegated to wet daydreaming about Trump on Fox News every 7 or 8 minutes....poor Newt
delta1
9 years ago
He insulted Trump last year: " frankly, he's a pathetic little man"...speaking about Trump's inclinations to blast fellow GOP like Ryan, Rubio, Romney, Cruz...the Donald never forgets and never forgives...
Burner02
9 years ago

The most powerful military ever...but President Eisenhower, one of the greatest American generals, warned of the military-industrial complex taking control of decision making in America...we spend more on our military than the next seven top countries combined...and yet it is not enough...

delta1 wrote:




Al, obviously you are not a fan of our military are you?
Burner02
9 years ago
Al, after checking out #'s 7, 24, 29, 33, and 36, I would recommend to you to change hotels and do a little more reading.

Bro, you have not connected the dots but that is okay.
delta1
9 years ago
I'm a huge fan of our military. We have the best equipped and trained combat troops ever. Side-by-side comparisons of our fighting machines show that ours are superior in almost every category.

But the days of conventional warfare, involving massive numbers of troops on the ground, firing bullets, grenades and artillery at one another have passed. If a modern general chooses that option, rather than launching a MOAB on the heads of enemy combatants hunkered down and firing on our troops, thereby sacrificing thousands of our soldiers unnecessarily, he/she would be court-martialled...

...please describe how we would be suckered into invading China and Russia at the same time, sending in waves of our soldiers from the sea and the sky, a la the invasion at Normandy...

...or how both countries could launch an invasion on our shores without us destroying their ships and aircraft en route...
Burner02
9 years ago

I'm a huge fan of our military. We have the best equipped and trained combat troops ever. Side-by-side comparisons of our fighting machines show that ours are superior in almost every category.

But the days of conventional warfare, involving massive numbers of troops on the ground, firing bullets, grenades and artillery at one another have passed. If a modern general chooses that option, rather than launching a MOAB on the heads of enemy combatants hunkered down and firing on our troops, thereby sacrificing thousands of our soldiers unnecessarily, he/she would be court-martialled...

...please describe how we would be suckered into invading China and Russia at the same time, sending in waves of our soldiers from the sea and the sky, a la the invasion at Normandy...

...or how both countries could launch an invasion on our shores without us destroying their ships and aircraft en route...

delta1 wrote:




Al old buddy step back and take a deep breath. I never implied or stated any of your above assertions. What you have done is changed your point of attack or added something in each of your post in this thread.

All I stated in reply to Buckwheat is that the U.S. is not and has not been in a position to fight major wars on two fronts for some years. Never said anything about us invading China, Russia or stating that any other country would invade CONUS with boots on the ground.

There is a butt load of stuff you are not considering when you are making your assertions.

And FYI, don't believe everything you read on the innerweb.
delta1
9 years ago
I misread your meaning in your post, #27...It appeared to me that you are advocating that our military isn't now, but should be able to do that...

You need to do a little research on the two front war thingy capability. We the U.S.A. have not been in that shape or status for several years now.

If you think we can take on China and Russia at the same time, I have some prime beach front property in Alaska for a buck fifty an acre.

Burner02 wrote:



...how about the stuff on The Military History Channel...should I ignore that stuff too?

I'm not trying to be argumentative...just pointing out that warfare has changed dramatically...even Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged that before and during the Iraq/Afghanistan war...
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