http://benbalbo.com/2006/02/01/even-real-people-say-stupid-things Programmer, Property Tycoon, Media Mogul Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:21:47 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://benbalbo.com/2006/02/01/even-real-people-say-stupid-things/comment-page-1#comment-8 Ben Balbo Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:10:32 +0000 http://benbalbo.com/2006/02/01/even-real-people-say-stupid-things/#comment-8 I can't contradict you too much, as I know you know more about the Army than I do, but I stick to my opinion that Doug Townsley's comparison was way off target. I can’t contradict you too much, as I know you know more about the Army than I do, but I stick to my opinion that Doug Townsley’s comparison was way off target.

]]> http://benbalbo.com/2006/02/01/even-real-people-say-stupid-things/comment-page-1#comment-7 Serg Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:52:18 +0000 http://benbalbo.com/2006/02/01/even-real-people-say-stupid-things/#comment-7 Fighting a bush fire is not as simple as pointing a hose at it, although hoses do amounts to resource availability. So no, I don’t think an infantry regiment would be much use there unless they get to shoot at things. However, it is well known fact that army is the first and usually the only available resource to a nation in a state of natural disaster. Mass bush fires are exactly that and army could be utilised rather well to help people evacuate, relocate property and live stock, setup mobile kitchens and hospitals, etc. Other then that, looking at things realistically, besides an occasional KKK costume party and casual bastardisation Australian army is useless. I mean, the population of the whole country evaluates to roughly the same size as a large European city and now imagine the population of our Asian neighbours. Army could have been used to actually help in this case, rather then drinking beer 98% of the time on tax payers money. Fighting a bush fire is not as simple as pointing a hose at it, although hoses do amounts to resource availability. So no, I don’t think an infantry regiment would be much use there unless they get to shoot at things. However, it is well known fact that army is the first and usually the only available resource to a nation in a state of natural disaster. Mass bush fires are exactly that and army could be utilised rather well to help people evacuate, relocate property and live stock, setup mobile kitchens and hospitals, etc. Other then that, looking at things realistically, besides an occasional KKK costume party and casual bastardisation Australian army is useless. I mean, the population of the whole country evaluates to roughly the same size as a large European city and now imagine the population of our Asian neighbours. Army could have been used to actually help in this case, rather then drinking beer 98% of the time on tax payers money.

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