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Originally posted by colt1911fan
The way I read that sir is that if we can get our house in order it does not matter what enemies we face, we will be victorious.
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Although my remarks might have seemed off the cuff, that is exactly what I see. When you look at what elements of power a state has to protect its national interests they really break down into economic, political/diplomatic, psychological(Informational), and military. The country can only build its political/diplomatic clout from within by presenting and acting as a united country on national/international interests and not acting like a bunch of spoiled schoolkids on petty personal agendas. The same is true with the economic policies and programs to develop trade agreements to fuel the engines of industry and the service sectors to build jobs and produce revenue to allow this country to remain strong and pursue whatever courses are necessary to acheive what ever the national interests are. The psycholocial aspects are how other percieve us or how we want them to perceive us and that has a lot to do with the credibility we establish by the rest of oour actions. You know, sort of like the first time my daughter's boy friend showed up at the door and got the impression that I would reach down his throat and rip out his heart if he did anything stupid. The military aspect is the supporting aspect that gives the teeth to the other three and again that is internally controlled. So yes, while we have external threats, if we get our act together as a nation and develop the elements of national power available to us to protect and attain those items that are in our national interest any country or countries that threatened this nation is in for an ass whopping. Now there is a catch, but you knew that. The catch is that we have to have the right people in power that are smart enough to define those national interests and then have the guts to follow thru with the actions necessary to attain them.
Jack Moroney