Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson
beyond far happened laws physics technology
What happened here is that the technology enthusiasts got far beyond what the laws of physics would allow.
arms billions british concerned spend technology third treated trust understand
The British are going to spend billions on this, and they're concerned they won't really understand the technology of what they're buying. They don't want to be treated like a Third World arms dealer. They're saying, ' If you can't trust us, how can we trust you?
clear commercial control enemy military reaching similar stop technology today
Cutting-edge military technology today is very similar to cutting-edge commercial technology. It's not clear we can control any of these dual-use technologies to stop them from reaching enemy hands.
future hard military overstate technology
It's hard to overstate how important this technology is to future U.S. military plans.
actual count far guard head less national number soldiers talk
There has been a lot of talk about the appropriate head count for the National Guard. But the actual number of National Guard soldiers is far less important than how well-equipped each of those soldiers is.
army army-and-navy thinks wonder
You have to wonder where the Army thinks it's going after Iraq.
army army-and-navy develop government meet needs system tried
The government should never have tried to develop one system to meet the very different needs of the Army and Navy.
assault corps equipment marine prospect purchased shore
Much of the Marine Corps equipment was purchased with the prospect of a shore assault in mind.
bomb certainly nuclear time weapons
If we're going to bomb Iran, it's a long time off in the future, and we're certainly not going to use nuclear weapons to do it.
bases build everybody gets hard lose military object operate pressed rules somebody veto
If the rules are too demanding, they're going to be hard pressed to find a place to operate other than a desert. When you build a military base, somebody is going to lose their land, somebody is going to object because of noise. But if everybody gets a veto then you're not going to have any new military bases anywhere.
anyone billion bush defense democrats far gore half industry money news plan record sees spend spending wanting whereas year
So far the Democrats look like better news for the defense industry than the Republicans, ... I don't see how anyone could disagree. The Democrats are on the record wanting to spend more money than Bush does. The Gore plan envisions spending $10 to $11 billion more a year on defense, whereas the Bush plan sees half as much (of an increase).
handful hard imagery nuts resources since
Since it's actually a handful of nuts with no real resources at their command, it's a little hard to see why such imagery is appropriate.
cluster details grasp introduced people seems system themselves though
Now they've introduced a cluster that they themselves can't define. It seems as though the most important people in the system don't really grasp the details of what's being funded.
counting create management problem solve work
Obviously, the Teamsters are counting on all that work to create a problem that management can only solve by caving in to their demands.