Yeff wrote:
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.

It was not only pre-Clinton but, unless I'm mistaken, it started under Reagan
after Gorby folded his tent and raised the economic white flag. That was when
BRAC started along with force reduction. And I do recall widespread RIFs at the
end of the Gulf War, which daddy Bush can take credit for.

I don't know what the Republicans would have done if Clinton hadn't come along
for two terms and made himself available to be blamed for everything that ever
went wrong in the world. Can you see them blaming one of their own, even when
the evidence supported placing responsibility precisely there? Not very damned
likely, especially when it would have required them to be honest about who did
what to who.

George Z.