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Originally Posted by Botnst
Chilcutt, I think that was his point: Huge firepower makes attack highly unlikely. The less firepower, the less deterrence. The moving target is where we place the acceptable risk and whether we can afford less. Or more. I defy anybody to make a dogmatic statement about that. There are just too many variables and science and technology move too quickly.
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Well put. I realize that lowering our military spending to just above China would create s situation similar to that of 1940 or so: a bunch of nations of roughly similar strength, similar enough anyway to allow some ambitious fool or fools to think they could take it all.