What, precisely, is the US military for, and what, precisely, can it do? In practical terms, how powerful is it? On paper, it is formidable, huge, with carrier battle groups, advanced technology, remarkable submarines, satellites, and so on. What does this translate to?
Military power does not exist independently, but only in relation to specific circumstances.
Comparing technical specifications of the T-14 to those of the M1A2, or Su-34 to F-15, or numbers of this to numbers of that, is an interesting intellectual exercise. It means little without reference to specific circumstances.
For example, America is vastly superior militarily to North Korea in every category of arms–but the North has nuclear bombs. It can’t deliver them to the US, but probably can to Seoul. Even without nuclear weapons, it has a large army and large numbers of artillery tubes within range of Seoul. It has an unpredictable government. As Gordon Liddy said, if your responses to provocation are wildly out of proportion to those provocations, and unpredictable, nobody will provoke you.
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The bombing of the humanitarian aid Convoy to Aleppo comes
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goes around, comes around. Check mate:
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The bombing of the humanitarian aid Convoy to Aleppo comes to mind
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Thanks and I saw two reports yesterday on this, but nothing since expect the link you sent.
“We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: That the White House is defending Islamic State. Now there can be no doubts about that”, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Again – Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?
DeleteNo one left but us'ns. :)
DeleteWe can't even guard them against ripping this country
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F commies.
DeleteThey tell us that our military is a superpower, yet our own country has been and is being invaded. But then, our globalist leaders have been using and abusing our military abroad in unconstitutional, unending no-win wars while they leave our borders undefended. According to an objective reading of Article IV, Section 4 and Article III, Section 3, treason is the reason.
ReplyDeleteour own country has been and is being invaded.
DeleteAt Obama's behest.
They're just getting practice for bombing us here at home.
ReplyDeleteWhen you hear the siren of the Junkers Ju 87s (Stukas), run for cover, the Nazis are bombing!
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