Gee I don't know Jag....having traveled all over the world...combat...advance d military and civilian education, I'd say I have a very valid base for any opinion I give here, especially on military and foreign affairs. 240 has said time and again he hasn't gotten around much, so his alternative is reading.
You surrrrrre are one brave man! If I were in your position, ...I'd never admit that, ...and certainly NOT in writing.
My gosh man, ...with your background & experience, one would expect you to have a firmer grasp on reality,
...yet you demonstrate a marked lack of judgement and deductive reasoning abilities. Not only do you routinely demonstrate your inability to comprehend what the heck is going on, ...you are regularly intellectually trounced, by someone who admittedly hasn't gotten around much and whose exposure to things is just reading.
That's just plain embarrasing!