Re: USA develops space-based weapons



On 30 Oct 2006 20:16:48 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Ed Kyle"
<edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

jonathan wrote:
My problem with the Bush policy is that we have little or no
competition when it comes to military capabilities.

Israel's recent experience against Hezbollah should give
pause to anyone who believes that the U.S. has no military
competition. Like the U.S. in its most recent wars, Israel
had complete control of the air, used precision munitions,
and had overwhelming artilliery and armor superiority, but
it got nowhere, losing 55 high-tech tanks and many soldiers
to what was little more than a well-organized militia armed
with the latest in mobile missile weaponry.

Because it was unwilling to inflict large amounts of damage on
innocent civilians. There were also tactical errors, and problems
caused by hesitation on the part of the political leadership. You
can't draw any conclusions about Israel's intrinsic military
capability from what happened in Lebanon.
.



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