Why we don't get in to wars with the "big" counties
The simple answer is we had and have the upper hand.
While the Democratic party has railed against the use
military since the 50's. The Dem's have gone along with
the any weapons development and deployment, when it suits
them (i.e. Votes). But let's get down to brass tacks.

The US has 13 Carrier groups of which 7 are ready (i.e.
24 hours notice) or deployed at anytime. Our closest
competitor in this realm are the British (3).

We have the best and the most advanced Submarine force
in the world. The Russians have more sub's but theirs are
too easily tracked. And I will not get into their problems
with shortening the lives of their own sailors.

Stealth or how to make a 90 Ft long jet look like a 12 Ft
ultralight. You got to love the guys at Skunk Works. Living
for 11 years at and around Nellis AFB; I got to see their
work first hand.

M1A1/2 Abrams Tanks, the US army has 3000+ M1A1
and more than 4000 M1A2 tanks. Of which less than a
1000 were deployed in either Gulf War.

Anti-missile technology, while the effectiveness of a
Patriot battery may be debated. The fact is the system
works and no one else has them.

B-52's and B-1's with advanced strategic or conventional
weapons; the best overall bombing platforms made to date.

Communications (satellites, GPS, lasers, microwave, Loran)
While everyone enjoys using their cell phones, comm traffic
can make or break any engagement by tipping your hand
to the enemy.

Battle Planning, the US plan anticipates being numerically
outnumbered. Which means you train your people to
expect that situation. You devise places for those
strategies to be put into action and you train as many
and as often as possible. Then you take the best and
send them to advanced schools and throw even
more at them.

And if your going to talk strategy, then you get to the
discussion of MAD. We are the preeminent power. We
have it all and the delivery systems to put them
where we want, when we want them there.

But our biggest strength is our population, you have seen
the numerous TV News spots showing Arabs shooting
AK-47's into the air. But the fact is the US is one of the
most heavily armed population in the world. While you
can't get most Democrats to admit they own a gun,
guns are not only in the hands of Republicans.

Which bring us to Diplomacy. It is in the best interest
of any other nation to not give the US people a reason
to fight. This is best done through honest negotiation
and compromise. This is why we didn't wait for
Germany or France to join. We told the world that
this was "the" deadline and then acted on it. If you
can not understand that, than I can't help you. The
World can understand, the what and why, of what
the US has done in Iraq. The problem is those who
do not want there to be a USA will never understand.

- posted by Mike @ 9:54 PM