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Old 10-03-2007, 21:49 PM   #24 (permalink)
HistoricalDavid
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Originally Posted by Stan187 View Post
That's a strange question to ask. It was necesarry at the time, that's why it was done. We can do more with less ships/folks now. Force multipliers, anyone?
That's my point. Would we have the men for that scale of amphibious assault? (Would we tolerate the same casualties?) No, because war has changed and the average serviceman is going to be MUCH more expensive.
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