www.cnn.com "Meanwhile, the Navy said Thursday that it had recovered the final four bodies trapped in the wreckage of the destroyer bombed in Yemen one week ago, killing 17 U.S. sailors."
"Blur: If this country were to pull its head out of its collective bellybutton we'd be developing alternate energy sources, increasing mass transport, using technology to create virtual companies so no commute is required, etc."...and if we had started 10 years ago, we'd almost have something we could put into a test program by now. It certainly wouldn't be "mass" yet.
Which doesn't change the fact that these 17 were sacrificed on the altar of the budget "peace dividend".
Bill, "if you need me, I'll be in England" Clinton and his able assistant Al "I can type 60 words a minute if I'm 60 miles from combat" Gore have brought the military down to the same level of "unreadiness" that I experienced under Jimbo "I stood too close to the nuke reactor in the sub" Carter.
I'd hate to tell you the illegal things I did as AC to keep an RC-135 flying recon missions directed by the NSA under Jimbo. I _think_ the statute of limitations has expired..but I'm not sure...so I'm not telling. The recon missions were used to update the SIOP on a daily basis. Without them, a lot of guys were going to die fast if we went to war (the BIG war).
It's always the same. The politicians cut and cut and cut the training and supplies and increase, increase, increase the mission requirements and deployments.
Somehow, it seems it's always the Democrats in office when it happens, too.
Go figure.
Sorry I can't feel humorous about the Cole.