Assuming BP's numbers in ballpark: I still read 4/5 of avge cold war GNP% - in 2000.
I fail to understand the nature of this 'threat' which requires expenditures that close to cold war rate.
A.
Shrub is singlehandedly undoing years of foriegn policy work
- (inthane-chan)
- (67)
- July 26, 2001, 12:21:25 AM EDT
just spent a few hours revewing Potsdam
- (boxley)
- July 26, 2001, 03:03:00 AM EDT
Tom Tomorrow feels our pain
- (Ashton)
- (6)
- July 26, 2001, 08:06:44 AM EDT
sumbitch outa be arrested for spying :)
-NT
- (boxley)
- July 26, 2001, 10:32:41 AM EDT
On global warming
- (drewk)
- (4)
- July 27, 2001, 09:07:33 AM EDT
I'd read that too
- (SpiceWare)
- (3)
- July 27, 2001, 09:19:38 AM EDT
I'm looking for a reference
- (drewk)
- (2)
- July 27, 2001, 09:38:34 AM EDT
Here's a good quote from the report
- (drewk)
- (1)
- July 27, 2001, 09:48:55 AM EDT
There's More
- (Steve Lowe)
- July 27, 2001, 11:16:41 AM EDT
I dunno
- (SpiceWare)
- (12)
- July 26, 2001, 11:13:46 AM EDT
I could understand it if...
- (inthane-chan)
- (3)
- July 26, 2001, 11:38:13 AM EDT
Not quite
- (Fearless Freep)
- (2)
- July 26, 2001, 11:47:16 AM EDT
In other words...
- (jb4)
- (1)
- July 30, 2001, 09:32:50 AM EDT
Of course
- (Fearless Freep)
- July 30, 2001, 11:25:07 AM EDT
Exactly why...
- (Fearless Freep)
- July 26, 2001, 11:44:06 AM EDT
NMD == waste of money.
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- July 27, 2001, 02:39:21 AM EDT
That and history has shown that defensive arms races
- (Simon_Jester)
- July 27, 2001, 08:36:08 AM EDT
What would you have said in the 30s? 50s?
- (addison)
- (4)
- July 27, 2001, 10:58:00 AM EDT
Question...
- (Simon_Jester)
- (3)
- July 30, 2001, 03:26:54 PM EDT
Re: Question...
- (addison)
- (2)
- July 30, 2001, 03:57:04 PM EDT
The same Patriot missile system used in Desert Storm?
- (Simon_Jester)
- (1)
- July 30, 2001, 07:01:55 PM EDT
The very same.
- (addison)
- July 30, 2001, 07:23:35 PM EDT
Interesting points
- (Fearless Freep)
- July 26, 2001, 11:52:14 AM EDT
Is that bad?
- (addison)
- July 27, 2001, 11:15:17 AM EDT
Re: Shrub is singlehandedly undoing years of foriegn policy
- (bepatient)
- (43)
- July 28, 2001, 11:31:16 AM EDT
OK.. but if the cold war is over:
- (Ashton)
- (42)
- July 29, 2001, 05:01:07 PM EDT
Re: OK.. but if the cold war is over:
- (addison)
- (20)
- July 29, 2001, 05:09:08 PM EDT
Priorities.
- (Ashton)
- (19)
- July 29, 2001, 05:31:13 PM EDT
Support Faith Based Missle Defense Systems.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (18)
- July 30, 2001, 01:35:05 PM EDT
Believe that's called, 'karma'___________________:-\ufffd
-NT
- (Ashton)
- July 30, 2001, 07:10:25 PM EDT
That's what we have now.
- (addison)
- (16)
- July 30, 2001, 07:24:33 PM EDT
Exactly How Hard Do you think it is...
- (mmoffitt)
- (15)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 05:56:18 PM EDT
Thanks, Mike - wouldn't have found that one. LRPD below:
- (Ashton)
- (1)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:29:31 PM EDT
Eerier and eerier. LRPD speaks again:
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:35:05 PM EDT
Only one question
- (wharris2)
- (1)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 07:03:57 PM EDT
Also..
- (Fearless Freep)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 09:57:56 PM EDT
Pretty hard.
- (addison)
- (10)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 09:05:18 PM EDT
I more interesting in why this was mentioned after the test.
- (Simon_Jester)
- (9)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 12:07:27 AM EDT
Re: I more interesting in why this was mentioned after the t
- (addison)
- (8)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 12:13:18 AM EDT
Actually it *IS* the same thing.
- (Simon_Jester)
- (7)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 09:08:50 AM EDT
What I read...
- (admin)
- (6)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 11:07:09 AM EDT
Scott, it's certainly possible.
- (Simon_Jester)
- (5)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 01:20:43 PM EDT
No, it shouldn't.
- (addison)
- (4)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 03:03:16 PM EDT
Certainly.
- (Simon_Jester)
- (3)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 03:48:16 PM EDT
Pot, Kettle, and Black.
- (addison)
- (2)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:48:47 PM EDT
Nope. Sorry. Not the same at all.
- (Simon_Jester)
- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:12:51 PM EDT
Fine.
-NT
- (addison)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:30:19 PM EDT
ok now...
- (bepatient)
- (20)
- July 31, 2001, 08:38:45 AM EDT
Full agreement.
- (a6l6e6x)
- July 31, 2001, 02:27:39 PM EDT
Ya got me there, partly. Smartass.
- (Ashton)
- (18)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 02:39:36 AM EDT
Re: Ya got me there, partly. Smartass.
- (bepatient)
- (9)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 07:32:36 AM EDT
So then: a suitable metric for er
- (Ashton)
- (8)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:43:02 PM EDT
I'm not sure what your point is.
- (bepatient)
- (7)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 09:57:49 PM EDT
The need for defense spending will end...
- (a6l6e6x)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 10:14:20 PM EDT
Cold war 5.0 avge; 2000 3.9 = 20% reduction
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:47:48 AM EDT
Avg vs High vs Trend
- (bepatient)
- (4)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 10:14:53 AM EDT
Nice chart.
- (Ashton)
- (3)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:37:52 PM EDT
Well...
- (bepatient)
- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:53:08 PM EDT
These points are of course, debatable. Simply they aren't
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 3, 2001, 05:16:48 AM EDT
what price victory or defeat?
- (boxley)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 08:42:43 PM EDT
Not any more
- (Fearless Freep)
- (5)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 03:20:32 PM EDT
Hmmm.. then what chimera are we using to replace it?
-NT
- (Ashton)
- (4)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:49:18 PM EDT
Nothing much
- (Fearless Freep)
- (3)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:55:47 PM EDT
That sounds relatively sane. But why so expensive still?
- (Ashton)
- (2)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:53:46 AM EDT
Simple, operational deployment costs more....
- (Fearless Freep)
- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 11:09:04 AM EDT
LRPD below explains! 'We have a moral imperative.'
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:39:42 PM EDT
Gotta wory 'bout France, ya know... *snicker*
-NT
- (jb4)
- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 01:51:26 PM EDT
More than you know ;)
- (bepatient)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:45:26 PM EDT