tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929445094873533843.post2157215860736701964..comments2023-08-29T09:39:05.910-04:00Comments on The Ready Line: Peace Through Superior FirepowerBrent Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12086158531639958440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929445094873533843.post-71249770402288373062009-06-03T18:30:46.995-04:002009-06-03T18:30:46.995-04:00Bob,
A GREAT question!! I will have to look into ...Bob,<br />A GREAT question!! I will have to look into the guts of the study and get back to you on that one! The swiss may be neutral, and they may now be accommodating bank examiners (so much for their privacy laws) but they are armed to the teeth!Brent Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12086158531639958440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929445094873533843.post-35011107499461099042009-06-03T18:14:43.622-04:002009-06-03T18:14:43.622-04:00"Weighing against the U.S., among other thing..."Weighing against the U.S., among other things (risk of terrorism, etc), say study organizers, is the ease of access to "weapons.""<br /><br />In that case, I'd like to see how they ranked Switzerland.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929445094873533843.post-35359261977085105512009-06-03T18:06:13.829-04:002009-06-03T18:06:13.829-04:00Nicely said, Ran!Nicely said, Ran!Brent Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12086158531639958440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929445094873533843.post-76027749287275801582009-06-03T16:03:59.539-04:002009-06-03T16:03:59.539-04:00A) Justice, Freedom and the basic human right to s...A) Justice, Freedom and the basic human right to self-defense are preferable to the peace of sheep.<br /><br />B) "Australian think tank." No irony there, especially when one examines the metric standards for the rating.<br /><br />C) NZ is especially peaceful... it's bloody isolated, it's mercifully small and it hasn't got 300 million people. It has one hell of a lot of sheep, though. Just sayin'.<br /><br />Right... D) "Si vis pacem, para bellum." [The Romans weren't wrong about <i>everything</i>.]Ranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04684991557573080262noreply@blogger.com