I'd rather be driving my car.
Jay
On Jan 16, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kirk,
>
> Interesting question.
>
> There is a body of thought which holds that we will never see
> conventional
> war (like WWII) again. In fact, there has been nothing like it in 70
> years
> since and there have been wars since 1945. My associates in several
> military think-tanks are now convinced that the idea of a uniformed
> army
> operating in traditional maneuvers with traditional weapons is a
> loosing
> proposition. Todays wars, and likely those of the future, are fought
> asymmetrically. There are some very respected strategists who
> believe that
> we are already in the midst of a global WWIII without knowing it
> because we
> are looking for a WWII type conflict rather than the global
> insurgent/terrorist war that we now have.
>
> If these people are correct, and I am beginning to believe they are,
> the
> most serious manufacturing threat will be from those who can turn
> out the
> most Kalashnikovs in the back room of a mud hut using a screwdriver, a
> hammer and a pair of pliers. Heck... the Taliban have their children
> reloading old Soviet 7.62 x 39 brass on their front steps using
> kitchen
> tools right now!
>
> Just saying that unless we figure out a way to stop this sort of
> thing, big
> factories are nothing more than a suicide bomb target, tanks and
> Hummvees
> are just IED targets, and you can't chase a lone terrorist sniper
> through
> buildings in Kandahar with a tank, aircraft, or Hummvee.
>
> Just my $.02 on the thought and probably worth as much.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Kirk Hargreaves
> <khargreaves2@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> General Motors as well as Ford, Chrysler, etc were very important
>> to us
>> during WWII.
>>
>> As we know they converted their factories to build tanks, and other
>> weapon
>> systems for the war effort.
>>
>> With manufacturing capability of this nature going to China. . what
>> if any
>> effect might it have were we to encounter a WWIII?
>>
>> Would it - or would it not pose a serious difficulty for us due to
>> the fact
>> that the weapon systems of today are so different and advanced as
>> compared
>> to the way we fought before?
>>
>> Just a thought regarding . .
>>
>> Kirk
>>
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> Jim
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> is a
> shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."
> John Adams
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