[fintstone]

Originally posted by drauz
my, you guys really like games, but since I'm not playing, I guess you can just claim a forfeit - does that work for you?

In a previous post I stated that yes, the Axis was willing to attack and invade America in WII, and I showed some evidence for that claim. The fact that they may not have been capable of mustering the forces (the thousands of tanks & millions of men that was mentioned) to make good on their plans is not the point - at least not the one I was making (and again, I tried to point out that their intent was serious and they believed they could make it happen, even to the point of a massive invasion - given time - not my fault they were deluded and took a long view). But then I don't believe the point of dialog is to score "gotchas!".

The point that counts (if one wishes to address the present threat) is that there is a significant distinction between the existential threat posed by the Axis nation-states and that posed by AQ. In fact, my own analysis is that our insistance on employing combat tactics of a conventional style in the Iraq Civil War amplifies (on the operational level) the strategic policy blunders committed by the White House, both in Iraq and in the counter-AQ effort. I struggle to find examples of successful US security policy since 9/11. kinda depressing...

Face it, it was no "gotcha game"...your logic was flawed and you were called on it. That is why you suddenly decided not to "play."

If the current folks in charge are making such "blunders," what is your plan? I cannot imagine how you find it so difficult to" find examples of successful US security policy since 9/11." The mere fact that there has not been a single successful terrorist attack in our country seems pretty significant.