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2004-09-16 China-Japan-Koreas

US Rattles Chicoms by appointing AF General to head Pac Command

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-16 5:08:16 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I have very mixed feelings about RMA. First of all it makes two very bad assumptions: uninterfered long-range technology viability and endless high quality logistical support far afield. The first assumption is that magnificant, expensive high-tech toys will operate as well as durable machines after extended use, on one hand, and that "information" *as such* has an *inherent* value in war.
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A helicopter may be far more advanced than a car, but if you had to cross the US several times without mechanical breakdown, which would you choose?
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Information is only as good as its interpretation, and how that interpretation is applied. For example, the NSA gathers vast amounts of unimportant data every day, brutally sorts through it, then delivers a one-page summary to the NSC, which reports to the far less informed head of the White House.
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The other assumption, of long term logistical support, is obvious. The US can provide support for a year, perhaps two. But costs of continued support begin to go *up*, not *down*. When you must timetable a war from beginning to end, you start to fight yourself.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-09-16 6:10:14 PM|| 2004-09-16 6:10:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 If RMA means more firepower I'm for it.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-16 7:33:16 PM|| 2004-09-16 7:33:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The US Navy must be seething.
What Commands do they now have?

Posted by Guest 2004-09-16 11:25:43 PM|| 2004-09-16 11:25:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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