OT-: CAN YOU NAME THIS COUNTRY?

May 29, 2004 25 Replies

That is why in ancient times the people put *the ban* on those they conquered.

||On Mon, 31 May 2004 16:43:10 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@REMOVEtxol.net (Rex B) wrote: ||>No blame neccessary. It's part of a long-range plan to make our military more of ||>a technical force, rather than throwing a lot of men at a problem. The last few ||>conflicts have borne out that policy, as we have defeated numerically superior, ||>but lower-tech armies with relatively little loss of US lives. || ||The problem is, once the initial invasion shock has worn off, now we have the ||manpower intensive job of occupying the nations we invaded, but we're coming ||up short on the manpower to do a proper job of it.

Sounds like a good use for all those bureaucratic middle-managers that Washington and most state capitals are full of. They are masters at subduing a populace. Texas Parts Guy

Hey, now that's a very good idea! Texas guy also.

|| ||>|| ||>||The problem is, once the initial invasion shock has worn off, now we have the ||>||manpower intensive job of occupying the nations we invaded, but we're coming ||>||up short on the manpower to do a proper job of it. ||>

||>Sounds like a good use for all those bureaucratic middle-managers that ||>Washington and most state capitals are full of. They are masters at subduing a ||>populace. ||>Texas Parts Guy || ||Hey, now that's a very good idea! Texas guy also.

We'll let Ann Richards head up a big delegation :) Texas Parts Guy

Ok by me, but ain't she old now?

||>On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:30:08 GMT, Why wrote: ||>

||>|| ||>||>|| ||>||>||The problem is, once the initial invasion shock has worn off, now we have ||>the ||>||>||manpower intensive job of occupying the nations we invaded, but we're ||>coming ||>||>||up short on the manpower to do a proper job of it. ||>||>

||>||>Sounds like a good use for all those bureaucratic middle-managers that ||>||>Washington and most state capitals are full of. They are masters at subduing ||>a ||>||>populace. ||>||>Texas Parts Guy ||>|| ||>||Hey, now that's a very good idea! Texas guy also. ||>

||>We'll let Ann Richards head up a big delegation :) ||>Texas Parts Guy || ||Ok by me, but ain't she old now?

Yeah, but I bet she's still full of piss 'n vinegar. She'll have those Iraqi's steppin' and fetchin' inside of a week.

Texas Parts Guy

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