"Maxprop" wrote
"Bob Crantz" wrote
Iran wants to sell oil in Euros. Prepare for another war.

Jeeze Louise, I hope we go right to nukes this time. These long, protracted
foot soldier conflicts don't make for good nightly news anymore.

I doubt nukes are needed but these grunt-on-grunt fights really tick me off. I
spent most of my life helping invent and perfect weapons so that our kids
wouldn't have to fight savages hand-to-hand - weapons that let us whack Saddam's
well-equipped army easily. Now it's like Vietnam all over again thanks to the
politics.

Seems I remember some Brit (or Scot?) king faced with a Viking invasion. He
held a bridge that only let a few Vikings cross at a time, allowing his smaller
force to hold them off indefinately. Unfortunately, the Viking leader convinced
this fool that this wasn't fighting fair, so he allowed the vikings to cross and
have a pitched battle - which the Vikings of course won. Then they killed the
king and sacked the countryside killing and raping. I oft wonder if McNamara
and now Rummy are that kings descendents.