[lit-ideas] Re: The German Way of War
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:35:37 -0330
Quoting Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Eric,
>
> You must be thinking of the USSR. The population of Russia is less than
> half of that of the U.S. Also, it is dropping. It was 148.5 in 1992 and
> was 142 in 2006.
May I ask what the source of your information here is? And why you would believe
that this source would accurately reveal the true pop. of Russia to foreigners
(or even to its own poulation?)
Returning to his Grisham novel,
Valodsya Okshevsky
Our population on the other hand is going up. It is over
> 300 million. Watch it go up at http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
> We are projected to surpass Western Europe in this century, but not all of
> Europe which is over 700 million. I can't recall where I got the figures
> the last time I checked, but as I recall Western Europe was something like
> 350 million and dropping; whereas we were expected to exceed 400 million by
> the end of the century (I'm not trusting my memory here, but it is late &
> I'm not willing to check the data). Economists are watching these matters
> closely. Rising populations permit expanding economies. The U.S. has a
> reproductive rate that permits slightly more than a replacement rate. Also,
> it has a lively influx of immigrants. No European nation quite manages to
> sustain its population from within (if I recall correctly) so it needs
> immigrants. Great numbers come from North Africa and other Muslim
> countries; hence the alarm of Bat Ye'or and Oriana Falacci.
>
> Huntington and others speak about the nature of the population and its
> impact. Young populations behave more like the Islamists are behaving now.
> Old populations (like China is rapidly becoming) are not war-like --
> statistically. We are getting older here in the U.S. -- not as old as China
> but older than a lot of Muslim countries.
>
> Lawrence Helm
> San Jacinto
>
>
>
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>
> >>What do you think we do with something like a third or a half of a
> trillion dollar budget spent on the military?
>
>
> The USA lacks the population of Russia, China, and India. We are
> primarily responsible for keeping the oceans safe from piracy, and
> maintaining the so-called Pax Americana. So we need a large budget to
> make up for in technology, what we lack in manpower.
>
> If the world were to revert to "Spheres of Influence," then we might be
> able to spend less than the pittance we do spend. With "Spheres of
> Influence" in force, Europe and Russia would have to deal with the
> Islamists and the Balkans, and we could concentrate on protecting the
> Western Hemisphere, with some help from Canada and Brazil.
>
> That would be peachy! Me for that. I would love government-funded
> graduate degrees and a superlative infrastructure.
>
> Always happy to delegate,
> Eric
>
>
>
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