By God sir, I like you.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 11/29/2009 7:09:50 AM PST by IbJensen
Win, a war, come home. Peace through strength, not peace through welfare.
so you want the US to start a new world war?
because this pretty much sounds like this.
i mean saudi arabia,north korea,cuba, russia....
The Saudi government did not train the 9/11 hijckers. They were trained and funded by AQ. If we were to destroy the oil production capability of SA, the entire world's economy would descend into chaos.
According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Saudi Arabia contains approximately 267 billion barrels of proven oil reserves (including 2.5 billion barrels in the Saudi-Kuwaiti shared "Neutral" Zone), amounting to around one-fifth of proven, conventional world oil reserves. Saudi Arabia maintains the world’s largest crude oil production capacity, estimated to be around 10.5 - 11 million bbl/d, at mid-year 2008. It is the world's largest exporter of oil.
Or Jew York City.
Not as much as you might think. The military budget outlays for FY2008 was 4.3% of GDP, while federal entitlements were 12.6& of GDP. The FY 2010 military outlays are to be $524.8 Billion, which is $35.7B *less* than FY2009, and 30.8B less than FY 2008. As we know the FY 2010 total budget is going to be much much higher than the FY 2008 or 2009 budgets, so the fraction that is military (about 20% in Fy 2008) will be much smaller as well, since the defense budget is going down, while the total federal outlays is going up.
At least the fraction of GDP devoted to defense may go up, but only because the GDP is down so very much. Even in FY 2008 we borrowed more than total military outlays.
By God sir, I like you.
This headline is a very good question.
Jews in Haifa, Jerusalem are patriotic mostly practicing Jews.
Ah, you don't believe we can win...right?
I think we should try.
If our scheming government has its way and more illiterate Somalis are allowed in the same thing will happen to the USA!
When you can accurately sum up 60 years of European history in 25 words or less, you are pretty good.
That was under SEATO, which was trumped by the Paris Peace Accords. I can cite chapter and verse on what went wrong there based on my year in-country (including during the Tet Offensive) and another eight months off the coast.
Actually, I was thinking post-Paris; specifically, that we promised to support Vietnam if they were attacked, and that the Democrat-controlled Congress cut off funding.
Al Quaida's activities are funded in large part by the rulers of Saudi Arabia. This should be enough to cause massive drilling of our own oil potential which is number one of ALL world known reserves.
AQ is power that is not limitless. If SA's #1 customer tells them where they can shove their oil production then AQ is without financing.
The world economies are already descending into chaos.
The US is being used as a doormat both by our league of enemies and by our evil Congress and President.
The Saudi Royal Family has been the target of AQ. And if you read Bin Laden's fatwahs, he wants to take down the House of Saud.
The government of Saudi Arabia is not funding AQ.
True in general anyway.
But my point was that many see New York City as a "Jewish" city, never mind that these days there might be more Muslims in the city proper than Jews. Thus it's subject to the same sorts of attacks, and in point of fact, has already been hit, more than once.
If we can't defend Jerusalem, or just let the Israelis do a proper job of it, why would be bother defending New York, LA, Dallas-Ft Worth, etc, etc. We'd be like Chamberlain, hoping the alligator eats us last, forgetting that even if we are eaten last, we'll still be eaten. Better to kill the 'gator, drain the swamp, and/or whatever it takes, than to try to appease it. Both 'gators and Jihadis are not very appeasable. Being appeased just makes them want more and be more confident of their next "meal".
A little more complicated than that. Here is a good timeline- Vietnam the bitter end
The North Vietnamese violated the Paris Peace Accords. Here is the text.
We did nothing when the accords were violated. Congress and the public had little stomach to reenter the fight. The last US troops left Vietnam in March 1973. The last American to die in combat was January 1973.
January 14, 1975 - Testifying before Congress, Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger states that the U.S. is not living up to its earlier promise to South Vietnam's President Thieu of "severe retaliatory action" in the event North Vietnam violated the Paris peace treaty.
January 21, 1975 - During a press conference, President Ford states the U.S. is unwilling to re-enter the war.
March 10, 1975 - The final offensive begins as 25,000 NVA attack Ban Me Thuot located in the Central Highlands.
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