On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 16:33:51 -0600, No Spam! wrote:

Since the US has gutted all its Armed Forces by at least 1/3 starting
during the Clinton days,

Wrong. We were in an active draw-down at the same time we were deploying
forces for Desert Shield. That was pre-Clinton.

-Jeff B. (who never liked nor ever voted for Clinton.)
yeff at erols dot com