Ehmm... I may of course be mistaken, but..
I don't really think "balance of power" theories are that
useful right now. There's the USA and then there's not much
else. That is particularly true for that region methinks, so such a
purchase wouldn't make that much of a difference. A somewhat
simplistic analysis maybe, but it'll do for now.
The role of the Dominican armed forces would, in my humble and
fairly uninformed opinion, not really stretch much beyond
providing priviledges to fortunate ones.. Civilians could probably
do the the same jobs just as well/poorly.
Luis Puesan. I just want to say I quite like your informative
posts.
Offensensivity. Always been a mystery to me. Colon makes fair
points about most things, and though others might not find the
way they are presented as entertaining as I do, I don't see the
use in getting stressed up about it.
As for stories about wars, I tend to trust only those who've been
there, or authors like Tolstoj, but they have usually been
there too.
Personally I am a coward, and one of the few things I'm not
afraid of is admitting it.
Being lazy and slow I'd probably be
better off hiding, but if the ruskies every came I'd be the first to
make a run for it. The army didn't want me, and I didn't want
them.
Being on balancing theories, a sissy might just balance out
all that macho stuff. Now if I can be excused, I'll go and look up
"take umbrage at"..