tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post4211733937545852212..comments2024-03-26T21:38:47.081-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: OBAMA DID THATHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-84934218474750021842014-11-08T21:58:58.858-05:002014-11-08T21:58:58.858-05:00I don't see it happening again soon. It's ...I don't see it happening again soon. It's painfully obvious to everybody now that we can wipe the floor with any military power in the world and still lose, so what's the point? That used to be the argument I made about China. Even if you defeated her navy and air force how are you ever going to set a condition that lets you even pretend that we 'won'? Ukraine? Syria? Iraq? Libya? South Sudan?<br />We'll still do raids and knock and tips but the platoon and company commanders of the last years in Iraq will be the generals in our next major war. imho.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-47404118056904143962014-11-08T12:49:55.031-05:002014-11-08T12:49:55.031-05:00...and the USA is out of the business of fighting ...<i>...and the USA is out of the business of fighting other people's battles for at least another generation. </i><br /><br />One can only HOPE this is true. Me? I think not.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com