"Boater" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:09 am, Boater wrote:
Janet O'Leary wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
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I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.
any updates?
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If one takes a **** in the harbor ,, you go to jail, your boat gets
reposessed, and
your photo is int he paper..
If you hijack an oil tanker, the navy says they don't have enough
ships..
Is this country F..ked up or what.
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Harrrrrry!

What? Our military (and I presume everyone else's) is famous for crying it
never has enough, and for wasting taxpayer dollars.

Tell me, Tim, after blowing a trillion and a half dollars, what will we
have gained in Iraq? What did we gain in Vietnam because of our protracted
militarism there?

What worked for us, militarily, was Desert Storm, Bosnia, some of our
brief incursions to keep the peace, and most of our humanitarian efforts.

I'm supposed to be impressed by our massive array of ships? What,
precisely, are they doing at the moment? Not much.

The military did not have and does not have a problem winning battles.
Seems as if Viet Nam was a clusterf**k because of the civilians in control
of the military. Most of the time was Democrats. Was LBJ who signed my
draft letter. The military had no problem beating the Iraq military. Now
that the State Department is in charge, seems as if the problems arise. If
it was up to the military to cure the pirate problem, the Squids would haul
the Jarheads over to Somalia, and the Air Force would drop bombs where the
Jarheads requested devastation and then the Jarheads would go in and finish
cleaning up the pirates. Same in Afghanistan. But the Politicians will not
let the military kill all the warlords.