"robert arndt" wrote in message
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"t_mark" wrote in message
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Wow, how underwhelming it all is. We seem to be able to pound into
submission any puny Third World nation without a significant AF. But
we don't dare strike Iran, N Korea, or China.

Probably because there's no need to, at least yet.

Here's 'underwhelming' for you in that same period of time.

1. US economy - 11 trillion
2. Japanese economy - 4.7 trillion
3. German economy 1.8 trillion
4 and on down - a bunch of smaller economies, including China at 1.3
trillion.

According to the World Almanac 2004:

1. US economy= 10.4 trillion
2. Japanese economy= 3.5 trillion
3. German economy= 2.2 trillion

Notice unfair comparison. US equivalent to EU.

01. Austria= 226 billion
02. Belgium= 298 billion
03. Denmark= 156 billion
04. Finland= 1.5 trillion
05. France= 1.5 trillion
06. Germany= 2.2 trillion
07. Greece= 201 billion
08. Ireland= 119 billion
09. Italy= 1.4 trillion
10. Luxembourg= 20 billion
11. Netherlands= 434 billion
12. Portugal= 182 billion
13. Spain= 828 billion
14. Sweden= 227 billion
15. UK= 1.5 trillion

That's a total of 11.091 trillion, more than the US economy.

Wow. And it only took how many soveriegn nations to total up to the US?
Fifteen? Yeah, that really makes the US look weak... Given that the combined
populations of those fifteen nations was some 385 million people in 2000,
versus the US population of around 280 million, what does that indicate in
regards to per capita productivity and income?



The US may be the lone Superpower on paper but our track record
post-WW2 isn't that great.

Probably because everyone is too scared ****less to screw with us, you
ignorant clue****.

Uh, let's see. China ****ed with us over the air collision with their
fighter in 2001 not releasing the crew or plane immediately.

Did you really think we were going to go to war over that one? Neihter did
the Chinese. Idiot.

China
openly threatens the US with nuclear cruise missiles in the event a
carrier battlegroup ever attempts to block an invasion of Taiwan by
China in the Taiwan Straight (but I guess you don't read the Asian
news, do you?)

And China still refrains from conducting such an invasion; they are at
present smart enough to realize that tangling with the US is not a smart
move.

Iran threatened to shoot down any US or Israeli
aircraft that would attempt to bomb its reactor (but I guesss you
don't read the Mideast news either)

Whoopie. So what's new?

and finally N. Korea threatened
all-out war over the US attempting any military attack against its
nuclear weapons program.

Uhmmm...one country conducting a military attack on another is usually
grounds for war, didn't ya know?

The US did say it would not tolerate a N
Korean nuclear bomb but they just laughed in our faces and produced 8
more in addition to the 2 they already had. We did nothing and still
do nothing.

So all of that diplomatic stuff (being conducted with the PRC's
participation) is "nothing", huh? Odd how you condemn the US for not
continuing to pursue other means in regards to Iraq, but seemingly think we
should be streaming across the 38th parallel at the drop of a hat...

Furthermore we are moving our troops in S Korea back from
the northern border since we know in the event of war N Korea will
barrage the south with massive artillery and missiles before
attempting to cross with their 1 million man army.

And because the ROK Army is judged to be capable of handling the DPRK ground
attacks in this modern era.

Our plans- let the
South Korean soldiers bite it while we sit back further south an await
the order to strike back. Seoul, meanwhile, would be history.
You are the ignorant clue****.

No, you have again demonstrated an acute lack of reasoning skills. Quickly
now--which has more combat power, the combined assets of FROKA, SROKA, and
TROKA, or the US 2nd ID(-)? As to the future of Seoul... I'll bet you money
Seoul will still be a prosperous city long after Pyongyang is a ghosttown
at the current pace of events.

Brooks


Rob