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Originally Posted by pan6467
Again ask Napolean, Hitler, Rome they all had the biggest and best battallions and they all lost. Ask the USSR in Afghanistan, ask the us in Korea and Vietnam.
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Napoleon had big battalions, but they were unprepared for the climate. Hitler never had 1/10th of the manpower under arms that the Soviets did. At the start of Barbarossa, IIRC, the German side of the line was held by 1 million men, the offensive forces were around 1.5 million men (something like 2.5 million total on the eastern front and in support) and they were facing over 15 million russian men on the front line ALONE, not counting reinforcements in-theater. During the first 30 days of Barbarossa, the Germans killed or captured FAR more Soviet troops than the combined number of German and their allied troops in theater. When Rome fell, it most certainly did NOT have the biggest and best battalions. their military was a pale shadow of what it had been.
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Yeah but I don't see Iraqis or Australians, Brits or Germans interfering with our domestic policies, do you?
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Well, the North Koreans endorsed Kerry, yes? What do you think the huge anti-american protests overseas were about? Hell, what do you think the various european and australian anti-gun groups are doing now?
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Ah, but we're having our troops buy their gear are we not? And right now to at least the vast majority of the world, we look to be the next Stalin and Hitler...... and with the "fuck everyone else in the world and fuck the Dems, fuck the gays, fuck the non-Christians, fuck everyone who questions Bush" attitudes I see here, I wonder if we aren't.
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Actually, no. There was talk of obtaining black berets from Communist China, but a federal law forbade it. They ended up being made in the USA, and just being phased in more slowly. BTW, I certainly have not said "fuck the gays" or "fuck the non-christians" or "fuck everyone who questions Bush". I don't think I've said "fuck everyone else in the world" or "fuck the Dems". And if the world choses to see us as the next Hitler and/or Stalin, hey, that's their right. They can enjoy becoming vassals or slaves of the Communist Chinese, just like the Tibetans. Find some nice Eastern Europeans to talk to, and offer them the choice of being an American ally or a Communist Chinese ally, and see what they say.