OzOne wrote in message ...
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:54:58 GMT, "Maxprop"

Who was talking about war/wars?


Semantics. Call it what you will--we are involved in a war.
Ummm yeah, you are,

So what were you talking about?

But the US is in it's current position for many reasons.
Have a look at the report by the Corps of Engineers and it's forecasts
for New Orleans, LA and Sacramento for starters...then look at what
has been done.
Look at where the dollars have gone..now try and figure out where that
Govt you despise is going to generate that cash....
Yep you guessed it YOU!!!! and just how much juice is left in that
lemon.

You're right on, of course, but this is far from new territory for us.
We've survived worse budgetary debacles. We'll survive this one.

P'shaw. What ours spends on blowing things up is a mere drop in the pork
barrel compared with domestic waste.

Look again.....can you survive fighting wars with very expensive high
tech weapons against people who do quite well with a little dynamite
or fertilizer.

Ultimately, yes. Anyone pushed into a corner, whether a financial one or a
military one, resorts to pulling out the stops to stay alive. All the
religious types have predicted for centuries that the end of the world will
originate in a conflict in the Middle East. Do they know something we
don't? Ever see the movie "On the Beach?" 1960s, situated, at least
partly, in Australia. Scary stuff, and not really so far-fetched.

Max