[tesco samoa]

Thermo... you hit the nail with a hammer there. Very good point.

No one is going to fight USA in the conventional way. Perhaps a united Europe with a good 50 years of infrastructure growth.
War is evolving again. New Doctrines are being written. And a new type of fighting is starting to take place. It will be interesting to see how the Conventional forces adapt to it. One must think that history will repeat when it comes to the evolution of the battlefield.

On another topic.

I believe in the long term goal of bringing stability to the region of the middle east.
But the USA government has a history of doing the mopping up and humanitarian side 'half assed' or ignoring it all together. This issue has been a thorn and an issue raised by many respected veterns of the US Armed forces. ( And i do not mean any disrepect to veterns, nor current active members of the armed forces )
Born in Northern Ireland and raised in Canada I think I have a unique persective on Terrorism/Freedom Fighter , I see alot of similarites between USA today and England 100 years ago. I do not want to see Canada get tied down to another empire, where when one is at war we are at war. But these issues are being debated here. You could take a newspaper from 100 years ago and read the editorals and you would be shocked at how similar they are to todays editorals.

I am shocked at how the american media and gov't has treated their long standing allied country the French. This will take decades to fix. Which is too bad as relationships between nations at that level should not be tossed away so quickly. Makes you shake your head.

Well this ramble has to end as I do not think i made a single point or added to the debate..... just felt like typing i guess. Good day to everyone.