"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message

> > That's true about all the world. The US government is the only one
that's
> > able to guarantee a steady income to a large number of companies that
invest
> > in research. So, maintaining the war machine serves at least for
something.
>
> Indeed. What else would Europe do when it gets SS-20s pointed at it?

Nothing. If the US attacks Europe, Europe will be destroyed in a few hours,
completely. Fighting back wouldn't save us, destroying the ennemy would just
kill our expat researchers, those that could try to rebuild a civilisation
after the mess.

Other issues we may get are not the kind of problem you handle with
sophisticated weapons.
As you've seen, guys without any equipment can destroy World Trade Centers
as efficiently as
 high tech missiles.

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