> Vague claims about economic interests loom large in such discussions, but attempts to pin them down to concrete realities are generally ignored. There have b

> Vague claims about economic interests loom large in such discussions, but attempts to pin them down to concrete realities are generally ignored. There have been two defense white papers in 3 years, they're both about 200 pages long and that is just the overview of the strategic thinking. It is hardly 'vague' His argument - on the other hand, involves plugging a number that is literally made up into a discredited formula that doens't apply to this situation and then arguing the logical fallacy of what we don't know we don't know but it could be bad.