Comments on: Catherine Lutz http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/04/11/catherine-lutz/ Interviews of foreign policy experts, writers and activists. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:43:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Claus-Erik Hamle http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/04/11/catherine-lutz/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Claus-Erik Hamle Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:05:11 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=325#comment-654 According to Dr Bob Bowman, former chief of US Air Force Missile Defense, missile defense is the missing link to a First Strike. Dr Bob Bowman thinks missiles in Poland will be very useful to shoot down any surviving Russian missiles after a First Strike. Therefore the Russians will implement Launch On Warning. The terrible consequences if a mistake will be caused by the stupid Pentagon. Dr Bob Bowman agrees that the Pentagon (McCain?) will get disarming first-strike capability by 2011/12. Acc. to former Trident missile engineer Bob Aldridge-www.plrc.org-the US Navy can track and destroy all enemy subs simultaneously. The main danger is Russian Launch On Warning because of US First-Strike Capability. Please read Keir Lieber and Daryl Press, "The Rise of US Nuclear Primacy", 2006 March/April issue of Foreign Affairs. By 2011/12 the Pentagon will have achieved that the Russians have no choice but Launch On Warning. "Bloody fools in the Pentagon", as Brigadier Harbottle stated. According to Dr Bob Bowman, former chief of US Air Force Missile Defense, missile defense is the missing link to a First Strike. Dr Bob Bowman thinks missiles in Poland will be very useful to shoot down any surviving Russian missiles after a First Strike. Therefore the Russians will implement Launch On Warning. The terrible consequences if a mistake will be caused by the stupid Pentagon. Dr Bob Bowman agrees that the Pentagon (McCain?) will get disarming first-strike capability by 2011/12. Acc. to former Trident missile engineer Bob Aldridge-www.plrc.org-the US Navy can track and destroy all enemy subs simultaneously. The main danger is Russian Launch On Warning because of US First-Strike Capability. Please read Keir Lieber and Daryl Press, “The Rise of US Nuclear Primacy”, 2006 March/April issue of Foreign Affairs. By 2011/12 the Pentagon will have achieved that the Russians have no choice but Launch On Warning. “Bloody fools in the Pentagon”, as Brigadier Harbottle stated.

]]> By: Joe http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/04/11/catherine-lutz/comment-page-1/#comment-630 Joe Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:15:57 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=325#comment-630 Richard the caller who argued with Charles about the number of bases in the world is smoking something. I am an Army vet, and believe me we have many many bases throughout the world. I was in Korea and for sure there is at least a hundred bases there. We also have bases in such remote areas such as Diego Garcia Turkey and now Africa. My son is now serving in the US Navy and he can attest to the fact we have many small manned outposts in many parts of ther Pacific. Richard just needs to open his eyes and shut the pie hole.. Richard the caller who argued with Charles about the number of bases in the world is smoking something. I am an Army vet, and believe me we have many many bases throughout the world. I was in Korea and for sure there is at least a hundred bases there. We also have bases in such remote areas such as Diego Garcia Turkey and now Africa. My son is now serving in the US Navy and he can attest to the fact we have many small manned outposts in many parts of ther Pacific. Richard just needs to open his eyes and shut the pie hole..

]]> By: Game Cat http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/04/11/catherine-lutz/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Game Cat Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:20:02 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=325#comment-591 300 bases in Germany - yes and no (Germany ain't large, man), let's take a look at the main infrastructure points: Here we have 9 "large" ones, i.e. those one would spend a few strategic nuclear warheads on: http://fluglaerm-kl.saar.de/dl/American_bases_in_Germany_fs.pdf This FY2007 report lists ~300 site starting from page 78, but most are "miscellaneous", for example we have the "Amelia Earhart Hotel" (nice name) or the "Hochspeyer Ammo Storage Annex", things you would visit with a Tank Platoon. http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/BSR_2007_Baseline.pdf Similar infrastructure exists all over NATO territories of course. Ok, keep up the good work, I'm off to get some Italian food. Also, the "Unnatural Emotions: Everyday Sentiments on a Micronesian Atoll and their Challenge to Western Theory" book sounds interesting. 300 bases in Germany – yes and no (Germany ain’t large, man), let’s take a look at the main infrastructure points:

Here we have 9 “large” ones, i.e. those one would spend a few strategic nuclear warheads on:

http://fluglaerm-kl.saar.de/dl/American_bases_in_Germany_fs.pdf

This FY2007 report lists ~300 site starting from page 78, but most are “miscellaneous”, for example we have the “Amelia Earhart Hotel” (nice name) or the “Hochspeyer Ammo Storage Annex”, things you would visit with a Tank Platoon.

http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/BSR_2007_Baseline.pdf

Similar infrastructure exists all over NATO territories of course.

Ok, keep up the good work, I’m off to get some Italian food.

Also, the “Unnatural Emotions: Everyday Sentiments on a Micronesian Atoll and their Challenge to Western Theory” book sounds interesting.

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