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Subject: Top Ten Armies of the World
Arditi    3/4/2004 3:54:10 PM
According to the CIA and other Intelligence Services (European, Asian, African) this is the tally - based on a Combination of Manpower, Technology, Firepower, Training, Resources, Available Reserves, and Nuclear Potential (Current or Likely):
1. USA
2. China
3. Germany
4. India
5. France
6. Russia
7. UK
8. Italy
9. Israel
10. Pakistan
 
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oldbutnotwise    RE:FUNNY and stupid!!!!!   8/3/2004 4:19:01 AM
It would never work, thier is always one group that will manipulate the system, capitalism acknowelges this and works with it limiting its effect and channeling, in a comunist system the currency is power and every one knows what that does
 
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Ad    RE:FUNNY and stupid!!!!!   8/3/2004 7:54:04 AM
Fall Out, in regards to our idiotic Red friend, you may have noticed that he didn?t respond when I pointed out the simplest of doctrine, that being able to move forces to your boarders, isn?t force projection. Its boader defence. While being able to move your forces 8,000 miles is actually aggressive force projection. He didn?t wont to respond to me when I pointed out other gaps in his military knowledge. And now, somebody else has provided a link which says that China has between 200 to 400 warheads, not to much over my own sources estimation. He is an idiot, although he does make me laugh by his stupidity. Marxism was designed to work in a British model, where sufficient economic wealth had already been developed. Of course a Germans new ramblings and his attempts to try and make Britain exchange global hegemony for socialism, would be as futile as China attempting an invasion of Guernsey. It hasn?t and wont work for anybody else. Communism is an awful failure and I?m glad for it.
 
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Navy721    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World   8/3/2004 11:39:23 AM
Top 10 Armies-Ranked in descending order of how a nation's military can handle a global response: 10.)Taiwan 9.)S. Korea 8.)Israel 7.)Japan 6.)India 5.)France 4.)Russia 3.)U.K. 2.)China 1.)U.S.A.
 
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Ad    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World   8/3/2004 11:42:02 AM
?Top 10 Armies-Ranked in descending order of how a nation's military can handle a global response: 10.)Taiwan 9.)S. Korea 8.)Israel 7.)Japan 6.)India 5.)France 4.)Russia 3.)U.K. 2.)China 1.)U.S.A? Only 1) USA, 3) UK and 5) France can do anything about it, so why have you wasted your time in typing in the others?
 
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Ehran    RE:A few facts   8/3/2004 4:19:02 PM
The Argentine army out numbered and out gunned the British forces, they had superior technology including better small arms and night vision equipment which the British did not have. Added to this the close proximity to the Argentine mainland and the falklands excellent defencive qualities the Argentine forces had far and away a better advantage than the UK forces. yeah but you sent ghurkas and paras and marines and so on.
 
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RM-Nod    RE:A few facts   8/3/2004 5:13:42 PM
Don't discount the Argie forces. They had there fair share of good troops. Even there conscripts usually stayed till the last man. They certainly weren't the third world rabble of an armed forces some people make out.
 
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Navi Of War    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World   8/4/2004 3:17:55 AM
I think Israel should be added to that list because they may not respond militrily, they have been known to take action through there large and effective spy network.
 
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Ehran    RE:A few facts   8/4/2004 2:46:10 PM
to their credit they did put up a fight despite miserable conditions. still you have to figure they didn't understand what having some of those elite btns descend on them was going to mean. i would really really not be happy to find out there were ghurkas in the area was i on the other side of the argument. some of the other btns would be only marginally less scary to hear about.
 
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Iskuman    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World   8/4/2004 3:00:08 PM
"I think Israel should be added to that list" Most definitely they should, Navi. One can agree or disagree with how their military is used, but there is no question that it is very strong. I read recently, it may have been in the Economist, that Israel has 3,900 tanks! If this is anywhere near true, they outstrip Britain and France by a very long way indeed. Their air force is also formidable. Navy might not be up to much, but that's not a key area for them. However, they have nukes.
 
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Navi Of War    RE: Israel should be added   8/5/2004 4:00:40 AM
I agrea with your statement Iskuman, Dont you think Israel has advanced so spectucully in terms of militry and econmic. They have only been a unified country for 56 years and they are already right up there with the best!
 
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Iskuman    RE: Israel should be added   8/5/2004 4:29:37 AM
"Dont you think Israel has advanced so spectucully in terms of militry and econmic" Yes, I do. And one hopes they will be able to concentrate even more on the economy in the not too distant future.
 
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Arditi    RE: Israel should be added   8/7/2004 2:58:25 PM
Were it not for BILLIONS in American aid (Military and Economic) Israel would be a Third World Country - as are most of its neighbors.
 
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Iskuman    Would Israel really be 3rd world without US aid?   8/7/2004 3:26:48 PM
The US gives Israel about $3 billion per year, and if I am correctly informed, about $1 billion is in military equipment. That is a very significant amount of money. But, whether one likes Israel or not, one has to admit that they are extremely resourceful people, and very adept at getting what they want, by hook or by crook. Do you know anyone else who can defy the US and the UN, and the world like they can?
 
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swhitebull    RE: Israel should be added - Arditi - simple math lessons   8/7/2004 6:17:47 PM
...Were it not for BILLIONS in American aid (Military and Economic) Israel would be a Third World Country - as are most of its neighbors .. Uh, Yeah. $3 billion out of total GNP of $103 BILLION comes to an economy that generates $100 BILLION WITHOUT US aid, Garsh, that would mean, really really mean, that Israel ranks as one of the TOP economic countries in the world, above most many of those in Europe, with US aid LESS than 3%. SO that would mean that many in Europe are 3rd world by YOUR logic. Care to revisit your numbers? swhitebull - this issue of Israel's economy has been discussed ad nauseum before on the Israel board, with enough economic statistics to make an economist salivate and have an orgasm. Before making such easily refutable claims as you have made, I suggest you check out your facts first. Should be easy enough to do.
 
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Extraparapepetl    RE: Israel should be added - Arditi - simple math lessons   8/9/2004 7:51:27 PM
...Were it not for BILLIONS and BILLIONS in American PREFERENTIAL, aid (Military, and Economic) through the years, Israel would not exist
 
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