Originally Posted by Kiopa_Matt

Yes, the good ole' days of "bring 'em on!" sure worked out well for everyone.

Originally Posted by Kiopa_Matt

Well...that policy has sent tens of thousands of Muslims to see their maker...now hasn't it. The U.S. military has a kill ration of 10-1 to 100-1 and sometimes higher.

Originally Posted by MaDalton

you got that wrong - the world lost respect because of people like you who defend a position that has no backup - besides by a few nutcases that no one took seriously anyways. you have no idea how ridiculus your opinions look like from the point of view of the rest of the world.

Originally Posted by Splendorous_Male

Yes, because its them who sent the troops to war not the president that YOU voted for.

Originally Posted by Splendorous_Male

Sounds like load of crap to me.

"US officials recently acknowledged for the first time that US submarines could not readily locate an Akula submarine operating off the coast of the USA. "It is difficult to find the most advanced Russian Akula class submarines when they operate at tactical speed or less," Admiral Jeremy Boorda said. Other military experts sounded the alarm as early as 1988. Anthony Batista, senior staff member of the Armed Forces Committee declared, "The Akula is the best submarine in the world today." A recent report from the Office of Naval Intelligence noted that the improved Akula submarines could indeed surpass the quieting of the Los Angeles class at tactical speeds. On August 9, 1995, during a lobbying effort on behalf of the Seawolf and the following Virginia class submarines, retired Vice Admiral E.A. Burkhalter announced that the $7 billion-per-year Russian program had produced "the Akula submarine, which is quieter than Seawolf." In an effort to raise public awareness, Martin Marietta, a leading defense contractor, ran ads featuring the Akula class in a number of newspapers including the San Diego Union-Tribune. While it may be difficult to separate the hype military supporters chronically use to "talk up a potential threat, in order to justify their own building programs" from the actual capabilities obscured by Russian secrecy, one impression remains: America can no longer claim uncontested dominance of the oceanic strata."