>I think the last 40 or so years of US military history
>have shown us that you don't need these kind of things
>to fend off and defeat the largest, most powerful,
>armed-to-the-hilt military force in the world.
Yeah, but that military can leave your country a wreck. Vietnam has suffered from its victory for 30 years - unexploded bombs, herbicides, sanctions - and Iraq is looking like hell's waiting room. One would hope for a better outcome for a political experiment.
Doug