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Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up?
From: "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:09:32 -0500
On 5/15/06, StyleWar <stylewar () cox net> wrote:
> If it were a war, then we wouldn't be trading with the enemy. Agreed for the most part... but this is a war unlike any other ever fought before.
Not really, we had the crusades!
> If it were a war, we'd have conscription. I guess the Gulf War Vets should turn in their medals then... they were all volunteers, who fought in a war that by your definition, wasn't a war...
We've *sorta* outlawed the draft after Vietnam - didn't we? How many troops were drafted for Korea? Drafts are generally directly linked to the current numbers of military personnel committed and numbers expected to be necessary. I don't think the fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan ever came close to exhausting our military - especially to the point of bringing back the draft. Fact is, we could probably handle Iran next and still not worry too much about a draft.
> If it were a war, we'd have more casualties from the war than > from the roads. Again, the Gulf War proved different. The face of war has changed....you're operating off of an old paradigm Doc.
A different area, too. I don't think fighting in the jungles in Vietnam have gotten any easier - we're currently in the desert! Sure, our technology is going to help - and we could probably win that war handily now - but it would still be a tough SOB. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please Stand Up? Dude VanWinkle (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please Stand Up? Brian Loe (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please Stand Up? Dude VanWinkle (May 15)
- RE: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up? StyleWar (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please Stand Up? Brian Loe (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please Stand Up? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 15)
- RE: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up? StyleWar (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please Stand Up? Brian Loe (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please Stand Up? Dude VanWinkle (May 15)
- RE: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up? StyleWar (May 15)
- RE: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up? StyleWar (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up? Brian Loe (May 15)
- RE: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up? Drsolly (May 15)
- Re: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors PleaseStand Up? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 15)