Not enough range.

That’s the worst thing Aerosmith has ever done. I hate that song.

It’s because of the headlights. And I think that a change to water cooling was long overdue.

Spot on.

I agree. I also have an overly-optimistic hope that Iran could be among the first of the religious-dominated nations that would adopt full democracy. But that would be a very long process that would last decades. Egypt and Turkey were almost there, but now, they are in real danger of slipping back. They used to be…

If we are to find the genesis of this problem, we have to go back in 2003. If we are to lay blame for its spread, I blame Maliki and his sectarian polices combined with the spillover of the war in Syria. Also, that Tunisian bloke who set himself on fire in Dec. 2010 is the culprit, too.

I don’t think their naval service should justify a carrier being named after them. Don’t get me wrong, I do think they were good and important leaders, but I wouldn’t name a CVN after them; an attack sub or LHA/LHD at most. As capital ships, carriers should bear the names of greatest importance.

The ship naming conventions have followed the changes in the importance of the ship types. Destroyer leaders, later renamed as cruisers (Leahy and Belknap classes) were named in the same convention as destroyers, due to their initial classification. Cruisers built after 75 were named after states, and then the most…

Damn, that’s pretty hilarious!

Our leaders have to accept the fact that we cannot win all the time, especially not in the Middle east; no once can win there, only an undertaker. We should get the hell out of there, for good.

The old Bush was OK, but the young one was as inept as a box of bricks. And fighting an asymmetrical war while obeying the law is very difficult. And W is actually responsible for the rise of ISIL.

I was only joking, I don’t think that carpet bombing the civilians would solve the problem. There are other methods, however; but I don’t think that public or the law would approve them.

Wonder yes, but not miracles. Using a SOF to fight a pitched battle often ends up in disaster; there were plenty of examples of that; most of the ones I can think of were in WW2.

How about this:

With all of the NSA’s capabilities in spying on everything from state leaders to toasters, and their disregard for privacy and law, makes one wonder why aren’t they using the same methods to attack ISIL and their supporters.

Let’s face the facts:

You can’t seriously think that is a bigger issue! I don’t even think that is an issue as such, although, you are right, in a certain way.

What are you talking about, man? I was ranting about a full scale war against a proper opponent, which is not an unlikely scenario in the near future. I was talking about future, not about using a billion dollars worth of sensors to find a Toyota Hilux and blow it up with a million dollar missile.