[quote=John McClane]I wouldn't necessarily say it's unavoidable and I'm also not saying that we shouldn't be prepared. It's just, we [humans] wage war all too well.[/quote]

[quote=PimpDaShizzle V2.0]War's unavoidable.  Why not be prepared for it?[/quote]

[quote=John McClane][quote=Yoda]Oh, I wouldn't say it's cocky; I'd say it's wise. It's not advocating overwhelming force for its own sake; it's advocating it as a means for preventing conflict in the first place.[/quote]Well, it all depends on what you view as preventing conflict. I consider it having a force strong enough to deflect attacks from enemies and protect other countries, while some see it as a need for preemptive war.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane][i]Carl Sagan[/i] was amazingly smart yet, simple.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]Oh, I wouldn't say it's cocky; I'd say it's wise. It's not advocating overwhelming force for its own sake; it's advocating it as a meants for preventing conflict in the first place.

In an odd little mobius strip of geopolitical logic, having advanced weaponry may preclude you from having to use it.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]The United States is just a bit too cocky.[/quote]

[quote=PimpDaShizzle V2.0]That sounds about right.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]No, it's a database. This was the part that frightened me: [i]The only way to deal with militant enemies is to show them unequivocally that aggression against the United States will lead to their destruction. The only means of imparting this lesson is overwhelming military force—enough to defeat and incapacitate the enemy.[/i][/quote]

[quote=PimpDaShizzle V2.0]McClane, is that a web article?  Link?[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]I'm reading an [i]Opposing Viewpoints[/i] article on pacifism and I must tell you, it is frightening me.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane][b]Jack Ryan:[/b] [i][to himself][/i] "Ryan, some things in here don't react well to bullets." Yeah, like me. I don't react well to bullets.[/quote]