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  • March 20, 2011 at 8:21 AM #679887
    blahblahblah
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    Smart weapons don’t last forever. The batteries, hydraulics, etc… all have a shelf life. If you don’t kill somebody with them, you gotta pull ’em out of service, fix ’em up, and put ’em back in stock. That costs money. It’s a lot more fun just to drop them on people.

    We can’t go 10 years without shooting off a whole bunch of tomahawks at somebody. I’m guessing that’s getting near the “service time” shelf life. Once they knock out the air defenses (again, using smart weapons) they will need to go drop a bunch of smart bombs.

    Afterward they award the replenishment contracts which of course are worth a lot more than if they had just rotated and serviced them.

    War is good business.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:14 AM #678756
    zk
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    [quote=surveyor][quote=temeculaguy]I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. [/quote]

    Go read how WWI and WWII started. Stuff like that never just “stays” there.[/quote]

    You can’t compare this situation to the run-up to the world wars. Back then, there were lots of countries with powerful militaries. Now there’s the US, then a big drop off to some second-tier countries, most of whom would be on our side in any ensuing conflict. Then some other countries we could easily crush. No one’s going to fuck with us except through terrorism.

    Surveyor, I’d be interested to hear any remotely plausible scenarios where this doesn’t stay there.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:14 AM #678810
    zk
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    [quote=surveyor][quote=temeculaguy]I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. [/quote]

    Go read how WWI and WWII started. Stuff like that never just “stays” there.[/quote]

    You can’t compare this situation to the run-up to the world wars. Back then, there were lots of countries with powerful militaries. Now there’s the US, then a big drop off to some second-tier countries, most of whom would be on our side in any ensuing conflict. Then some other countries we could easily crush. No one’s going to fuck with us except through terrorism.

    Surveyor, I’d be interested to hear any remotely plausible scenarios where this doesn’t stay there.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:14 AM #679413
    zk
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    [quote=surveyor][quote=temeculaguy]I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. [/quote]

    Go read how WWI and WWII started. Stuff like that never just “stays” there.[/quote]

    You can’t compare this situation to the run-up to the world wars. Back then, there were lots of countries with powerful militaries. Now there’s the US, then a big drop off to some second-tier countries, most of whom would be on our side in any ensuing conflict. Then some other countries we could easily crush. No one’s going to fuck with us except through terrorism.

    Surveyor, I’d be interested to hear any remotely plausible scenarios where this doesn’t stay there.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:14 AM #679548
    zk
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    [quote=surveyor][quote=temeculaguy]I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. [/quote]

    Go read how WWI and WWII started. Stuff like that never just “stays” there.[/quote]

    You can’t compare this situation to the run-up to the world wars. Back then, there were lots of countries with powerful militaries. Now there’s the US, then a big drop off to some second-tier countries, most of whom would be on our side in any ensuing conflict. Then some other countries we could easily crush. No one’s going to fuck with us except through terrorism.

    Surveyor, I’d be interested to hear any remotely plausible scenarios where this doesn’t stay there.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:14 AM #679897
    zk
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    [quote=surveyor][quote=temeculaguy]I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. [/quote]

    Go read how WWI and WWII started. Stuff like that never just “stays” there.[/quote]

    You can’t compare this situation to the run-up to the world wars. Back then, there were lots of countries with powerful militaries. Now there’s the US, then a big drop off to some second-tier countries, most of whom would be on our side in any ensuing conflict. Then some other countries we could easily crush. No one’s going to fuck with us except through terrorism.

    Surveyor, I’d be interested to hear any remotely plausible scenarios where this doesn’t stay there.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:40 AM #678761
    Allan from Fallbrook
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    [quote=ocrenter][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]

    Sacre bleu! I had a nice Brie en croute and some Burgundy to celebrate. I’m also not going to bathe for a week, smoke some Gauloises and watch several Jean Paul Belmondo films.

    I might also buy a poster of Gerard Depardieu.[/quote]

    HAHA… while you are at it, did you tell your wife to stop shaving her armpits and legs as well?[/quote]

    OCR: Ah, jeez, you just had to throw that out there, didn’t you? No, there are limits to my support of France. Going “Full Euro” isn’t one of them.

    I might be willing to break out an old Falco CD, play it overloud, drink Pernod and dance poorly, though.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:40 AM #678815
    Allan from Fallbrook
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    [quote=ocrenter][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]

    Sacre bleu! I had a nice Brie en croute and some Burgundy to celebrate. I’m also not going to bathe for a week, smoke some Gauloises and watch several Jean Paul Belmondo films.

    I might also buy a poster of Gerard Depardieu.[/quote]

    HAHA… while you are at it, did you tell your wife to stop shaving her armpits and legs as well?[/quote]

    OCR: Ah, jeez, you just had to throw that out there, didn’t you? No, there are limits to my support of France. Going “Full Euro” isn’t one of them.

    I might be willing to break out an old Falco CD, play it overloud, drink Pernod and dance poorly, though.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:40 AM #679418
    Allan from Fallbrook
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    [quote=ocrenter][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]

    Sacre bleu! I had a nice Brie en croute and some Burgundy to celebrate. I’m also not going to bathe for a week, smoke some Gauloises and watch several Jean Paul Belmondo films.

    I might also buy a poster of Gerard Depardieu.[/quote]

    HAHA… while you are at it, did you tell your wife to stop shaving her armpits and legs as well?[/quote]

    OCR: Ah, jeez, you just had to throw that out there, didn’t you? No, there are limits to my support of France. Going “Full Euro” isn’t one of them.

    I might be willing to break out an old Falco CD, play it overloud, drink Pernod and dance poorly, though.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:40 AM #679553
    Allan from Fallbrook
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    [quote=ocrenter][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]

    Sacre bleu! I had a nice Brie en croute and some Burgundy to celebrate. I’m also not going to bathe for a week, smoke some Gauloises and watch several Jean Paul Belmondo films.

    I might also buy a poster of Gerard Depardieu.[/quote]

    HAHA… while you are at it, did you tell your wife to stop shaving her armpits and legs as well?[/quote]

    OCR: Ah, jeez, you just had to throw that out there, didn’t you? No, there are limits to my support of France. Going “Full Euro” isn’t one of them.

    I might be willing to break out an old Falco CD, play it overloud, drink Pernod and dance poorly, though.

    March 20, 2011 at 9:40 AM #679902
    Allan from Fallbrook
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    [quote=ocrenter][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]

    Sacre bleu! I had a nice Brie en croute and some Burgundy to celebrate. I’m also not going to bathe for a week, smoke some Gauloises and watch several Jean Paul Belmondo films.

    I might also buy a poster of Gerard Depardieu.[/quote]

    HAHA… while you are at it, did you tell your wife to stop shaving her armpits and legs as well?[/quote]

    OCR: Ah, jeez, you just had to throw that out there, didn’t you? No, there are limits to my support of France. Going “Full Euro” isn’t one of them.

    I might be willing to break out an old Falco CD, play it overloud, drink Pernod and dance poorly, though.

    March 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM #678779
    CDMA ENG
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    Like I said on my Face Book Page…

    The world is at an end…

    Bill O’ Rielly chastises Ann Coulter and the French are the First to Attack something…

    End times my friends!

    😛

    CE

    March 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM #678835
    CDMA ENG
    Participant

    Like I said on my Face Book Page…

    The world is at an end…

    Bill O’ Rielly chastises Ann Coulter and the French are the First to Attack something…

    End times my friends!

    😛

    CE

    March 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM #679438
    CDMA ENG
    Participant

    Like I said on my Face Book Page…

    The world is at an end…

    Bill O’ Rielly chastises Ann Coulter and the French are the First to Attack something…

    End times my friends!

    😛

    CE

    March 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM #679573
    CDMA ENG
    Participant

    Like I said on my Face Book Page…

    The world is at an end…

    Bill O’ Rielly chastises Ann Coulter and the French are the First to Attack something…

    End times my friends!

    😛

    CE

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