tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post113741741689565910..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Pre-HistoryHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1137778045520142212006-01-20T12:27:00.000-05:002006-01-20T12:27:00.000-05:00Of course, James. You know better. Your presentati...<I>Of course, James. You know better. Your presentation of facts has convinced me. So has Tlaloc's.</I><BR/><BR/>Glad we got that out of the way. Now go take your gross overgeneralizations and rudeness somewhere else so the grown ups can talk.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1137707706196286252006-01-19T16:55:00.000-05:002006-01-19T16:55:00.000-05:00Buzz, I was educated by a physics professor who ru...Buzz, I was educated by a physics professor who runs QA for anti-missile systems for the military (including ABM)out of Lawrence-Livermoore. His words, and I quote, "The physics have too many variables. They do not work under anything less than strictly controlled circumstances." And as far as ABM goes, not even then. You can be a systems engineer all you want. I'll take the protege of Nobel prize winners over you any day, especially given that your method of argument is to present ad homs and straw men without any facts.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1137530705757491812006-01-17T15:45:00.000-05:002006-01-17T15:45:00.000-05:00That's a good point, T. The confounding factor her...That's a good point, T. The confounding factor here is oil. Iran supplies places like China and Russia. China and Russia would rather deal with another nuclear power than lose their oil.<BR/><BR/>Buzz, Israel's anti-missile capability is nonsense. The Patriot can't hit crap. The only reason SCUDS were brought down in 1990-91 was because the SCUD is such a crappy missile it explodes when it passes through the wake of another engine. The Patriot has 0 hits on target in real warfare. What Israel does have is the capability to conduct serious airstrikes. And lets not forget its nukes.<BR/><BR/>US military activity against Iran is impractical. The military is bogged down in Iraq and will not be able to conduct further action on a large scale until Iraq's military is ready to take over - a prospect that is years away. The Iranian military is home to millions of soldiers and are better equipped, better trained, and far more cohesive than Iraq's was in 2003. The US Air Force and Navy cannot provide the "boots on the ground" that the Army, Marines, and even CIA lack in Iran, and without those, no action can be guaranteed to accomplish the needed result.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com