justme: It’s Latin, sport,

[Allan from Fallbrook]

justme: It’s Latin, sport, not math. Bastardized Roman Latin, but it works. Google it, and you get both Quad and Quod, as well as Demonstratum and Deomstrandum.

Don’t make the mistake of calling me a liar, or you and I will have a face-to-face discussion. Sitting here in the comfort of my den jousting with you is one thing, calling my character into question is another. You understand me?

You’re fond of Wikipedia, correct? Every SINGLE ONE of the points I made is found there. Look up Operation Linebacker I and II. Better yet, pick up a book. USAF Archives has an excellent set on Operation Rolling Thunder (the USAF campaign over Vietnam) and it includes all tonnages dropped. This is not arcane knowledge, it is readily available and easily found.

USAAC/USAAF dropped approx 1.44MM tons of bombs on Germany during WWII: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Bombing_During_World_War_II#US_bombing_in_Europe

Clinton Administration dropped 1.3MM tons of ordnance on Iraq just during 1999 – 2001 alone: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2005/Clinton_bombing_of_Iraq_far_exceeded_Bushs_in_runup_to_war__Bush_spikes_of_activity_que_0705.html

This does NOT count additional types of weapons deployed, including sea based ordnance.

And, yeah, I strive for your type of sophistication. I don’t, however, like being damned with faint praise, so I’ll avoid it for now.

CORRECTION: USAAC/USAAF dropped 1.4MM tons of ordnance on EUROPE, not just GERMANY. Tonnage includes all European countries, so the tonnage dropped on just Germany is actually lower. Important distinction in terms of this argument.