"Carl Alex Friis Nielsen" wrote:
Ok, but remember while the Israelis have occupied land outside their
recognized borders for decades without the locals ever being able
to throw them out the price hasnīt really been low - or do you really
view Israel as a nice place to live. Is their military might really
effective at protecting them ?
Which is a nice way of avoiding addressing the issues I raised.
A "not so smart" bomb made out of an inflatable boat, 2 suicidal maniacs
and a lot of explosives almost taking out the Cole - thats assymetric
warfare.
ROTFLMAO. That's suicide. Or did you notice the attack didn't touch
the heart of the CVBG?
Almost eliminating a billion dollar warship and taking it out of action for
over a year plus killing 17 US sailors in the process is a laughing
matter to you ?
From a strategic viewpoint, it is worth a laugh or two. Again, you
resort to an emotional argument to avoid addressing the hard facts.
That sort of arrogance is probably the largest vulnerability of the US
- don't expect the rest of the world to be as defeatist as you wish them to
be.
It's not arrogance, it's simple cold facts. Killing the Cole barely
scratched the combat power of the CVBG. And in a real war, *that* is
what matters.
D.
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