John Fields wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Eeyore wrote:

You know what the classic retort is to the bully ? " Take on someone
your own size ".

I remember what it was like last time we were up against someone our own
size. (In fact they outnumbered us 4x in troops, 5x in tanks, 5x in planes,
3x in ships, etc).

You weren't 'up against them' though were you ? Besides, the numbers ratios are
almost meaningless since their quality was so inferior in many ways.

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Yeah, right.

You were so much better off when a bullet which was aimed at your
head hit you in the heart.

Not the same thing at all.


I also don't recall the Soviet Navy having that many ships to begin with.

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No one had that many ships "to begin with", asshole.

Try 1947. ASSHOLE !

Cold War

After the war [WW2] , the Soviets concluded that they needed to be able to compete
with the West at all costs. They embarked upon a program to match the West, if not
qualitatively, then at least quantitatively.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Navy


To *MATCH* the West ! And not even on quality !

Where were these all these ships that outnumbered us ?

Another lie you were taught at school ? Like the infamous 'missile gap' perhaps ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_gap

And the 'bomber gap' too.

How many B52s were built ? Only 744.

Graham