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Wow.

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) Mar 18 '11, 13:30

I wonder if we'd really move that quickly?

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AA can also be used againt amour -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 14:26
I think you don't make this kind of announcement unless you already have the pieces in play. -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 13:33
sure we don't waste any time, last couple wars we blasted away within minutes of the go time -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 13:32 12
- we were hitting Afghanistan the evening of 9/11, seemed like. (I can't remember exactly, is that right?) -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 13:34 11
  - Not at all. Not until October. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 18, 13:35 5
    - that was back when they thought they had to get some sort of official clearance....nm - x Mar 18, 13:39 4
      - I did sort of snicker tat Gates when he said that putting up a No Fly Zone was essentially an act of war. - Mel Profit Mar 18, 13:41 2
        
        I took that as asking "How committed does America really want to be?" -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 13:44 1
        
        This could very well be. - Mel Profit Mar 18, 13:48
      - when the Constitution was still "quaint" how much we've grown up since then -- nm - moles Mar 18, 13:40
  - not in the least - moles Mar 18, 13:35 4
    - I swear something was shown on TV ... maybe it was not us. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 13:36 3
      - Note to self: never let you testify in court. ;$ -- nm - Don Homer Mar 18, 13:36 1
        
        oh, definitely. and this is a perfect example of why eyewitnesses suck. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 13:37
      - (this is my recollection of a crazy time, almost ten years later, so god only knows) -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 13:36
I think we're easily capable. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 13:31 6
- I have no doubt of the capability and I haven't been paying ultra attention to the pieces moving into the area but... - Mel Profit Mar 18, 13:37 5
  - There's not all that much to move around for an air war. Heck, the B2s would probably launch straight from Missouri. -- nm - Ender Mar 18, 13:43 4
    - While not the same as moving a heavy armored division you have to have something in the area. - Mel Profit Mar 18, 13:47 3
      - IIRC there are US bases in Italy and Crete -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 14:08 1
        
        (Sicily) -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 14:09
      - we could strike from anywhere in Europe, right? -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 14:05
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