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The 111 hour limit on the first Gulf War. Had no limit been set, we wouldn't be there now.
Rusty, have you considered the effect on internal Soviet politics had George H. W. Bush not held back? So aggressive a move in the M.E. back then might have given the Soviet hardliners impetus and reason to hold on longer.
- Maginot line
- Yamato-class battleships
- Iraqi Project Babylon
- US land warrior project
- US OCIW program
- Iran's destroyers and frigates
The Maginot Line did the job it was designed to do. The failure to execute the rest of the French strategic defense plan is what led to their collapse.
Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
(Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)
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