Re: Bye-bye INF treaty?

"Brian Thorn" <bthorn64@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:04:48 -0600, Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Lost a hell of a lot in Vietnam also... point?

That you can't use "Wah! They're shooting down our aircraft!" as
evidence that we're losing the war. Go back 65 years to 1942... "Wah!
They're shooting down all our B-17s! We're doomed! Bring the boys home
NOW!"


But that's not the point. The point is that 4 years into the war, they're
apparently getting BETTER at attacking us.

Four years into WWII, Germany was getting worse at attacking us.



1. Fewer maintenance headaches back at base.
2. Extra 100 mph crossing through hostile fire zones.

Hmm... which WILL I choose...

1) Because an aircraft that spends more time on the ground means less time
being useful.

And that extra 100 mph doesn't help much when a) rockets are still going to
outfly it and b) your hostile zones often extend right up to the landing
zones where that 100 mph doesn't do you much good.



Brian


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