[...] you'll have to explain to me how a group of people that can move hundreds of thousands of soldiers and vehicles (and countless tons of support equipment and food) across an ocean and then supply them with what they need for staying alive could not have managed to think about this subject at least as much as you or I have.
Well, just add it to the incredibly long list of other things they didn't bother to think about.
For FDI I find that in 2004 the US had FDI outflows of $MIL 229,294 and inflows of $MIL 95,895.
So somewhat less than $BIL 200, and not all to developing countries.
In fact, according to the data I found developing economies had total FDI inflows (from all sources, not just the US) of only $MIL 233,227 and outflows of $MIL 83,190.
So the US FDI in the developing countries could be around $BIL 200 if
All outgoing FDI from the US goes to developing countries
No other country in the world has FDI in developing countries
All FDI from developing countries goes to countries other than the US
The Americans also pulled France's ass out of the Viet Nam fire.
Huh? What the fuck?
No, the US refused to help France in Viet Nam (refused to provide air support at Dien Bien Phu notably), leading to French withdrawal, leading to US being sucked into the "quagmire".
Hint: don't correct people when you don't know what you're talking about.
Not much plutonium is mined. About 0% in fact.
Any that was created in stars has long ago decayed. All the plutonium we have now was made in fission reactors. (The first generation of reactors was built specificaly for plutonium manufacture - any electricty was a side product.)
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The wheelchair was for after you'd injured yourself with the other tools?
Think I'll stay away from that place.
Where on earth did you get the idea that the French gave up their guns? It's a hell of a lot easier to get a gun in France that New York.
As for ID cards, yes I have one. It contains no information other than my name and address, and it's free. I don't even have to carry it on me.
Oh, that's easy: asking for your details annoys the staff, i.e. it's anti-social, so they get an ASBO against you, ask again - go to jail.
A clue: there aren't (m)any. The UK was about the last place where you didn't need state issued ID.
Hey, don't forget the ASBO.
You can be put in prison for doing something that's not a crime.
Yes, but what you didn't notice is that a rider on the PUYODS bill institutes detention without trial for use of bittorent.
Hah, EM stress is when you have your machines at Redbus Interhouse Courbevoie.
Thanks boys, 2 electrical outages in a month.
Fruitcake.
Well known to all of us who are following Apple's lead in using Intel processors instead of silly old...
:-)
Uh, hang on a minute...
Damn, if Apple are going to use Intel maybe I'd better look for something else.
1983, trying to convince the CDC engineer that yes, I did want him to configure the disk for 336 byte sectors.
Ah the joys of using a Harris 24 bit word/8 bit byte/112 word disk sector machime.
Informative, but wrong.
Some file systems can pack multiple tail fragments into one block.
Oh come on, everyone knows what the strategy is. You just reverse the order of your points.
So, the DOD doesn't exist in your universe.
And the pentagon had made full plans for the occupation.
What did they do with them? Leave 'em in the toilet?
Well, just add it to the incredibly long list of other things they didn't bother to think about.
Like what to do after the "war" was "won".
So somewhat less than $BIL 200, and not all to developing countries.
In fact, according to the data I found developing economies had total FDI inflows (from all sources, not just the US) of only $MIL 233,227 and outflows of $MIL 83,190.
So the US FDI in the developing countries could be around $BIL 200 if
Huh? What the fuck?
No, the US refused to help France in Viet Nam (refused to provide air support at Dien Bien Phu notably), leading to French withdrawal, leading to US being sucked into the "quagmire".
Um, maybe you've forgotten who conquered whom.
Cite for your figure?
I find $19,705 million for 2004 (cf France with $8,473 million).
source, found via
And, suprise suprise, it turns out that private armies are much more expensive than publicly owned ones.
Whoda thunk it.
(N. Machiavelli maybe?)
Hint: don't correct people when you don't know what you're talking about.
Not much plutonium is mined. About 0% in fact.
Any that was created in stars has long ago decayed. All the plutonium we have now was made in fission reactors. (The first generation of reactors was built specificaly for plutonium manufacture - any electricty was a side product.)
Hah, 6680, that's for wimps. I can beat off enraged pitbulls with my 9300.
Ah, yes, it's the lizards you see.
That may be the real problem: the Saudi owners of the US a pissed that Dubai is buying the ports :-)
The cops, or at least the police chief, abused their power in a childish retaliation against the citizens of the town.
Raising the speed limit may be sensible but it's not exactly the first measure I'd think of.
Fire the police chief!
Now. Before he does it again.
Did. Not Do. Superphenix is dead.
French engineers are very good, but have a tendency to over-complicate.
(By the way, superphenix wasn't the only fast breader, don't forget poor old Dounreay.