tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post114200300997217731..comments2024-01-05T22:20:39.218-06:00Comments on CHATTER: GIVING SOLDIERS THE FINGERRon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12099772730874178834noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1142030243682746682006-03-10T16:37:00.000-06:002006-03-10T16:37:00.000-06:00Seconds to JJ. War is hell. But in a very twisted ...Seconds to JJ. War is hell. But in a very twisted way, especially beginning with the Korean War, it has hastened a host of new technologies that have greatly helped people who never went near the battlefield. Skin grafts, organ and tissue transplants, prosthetics improvements, and perhaps most significant of all, antibiotics might not have come along as quickly if not for the unfortunate urgency of casualties' demands. <BR/><BR/>Sure, it can be argued that if we hadn't spent gazillions of dollars (and lives) on fighting, we might have redirected those same investments toward peacetime progress. But has that ever been our nature?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1142019474326238502006-03-10T13:37:00.000-06:002006-03-10T13:37:00.000-06:00Not pissing, progressing.This effort is the very d...Not pissing, progressing.<BR/>This effort is the very definition of worthy research.<BR/>We spend much more on NASA with less clear and realistic visions of progress.<BR/>Two thumbs up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com