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re: Budget Cuts Leave 101st Airborne Crippled
Posted on 3/9/17 at 12:48 pm to upgrayedd
Posted on 3/9/17 at 12:48 pm to upgrayedd
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We've still got the biggest sticks in the world.
Sure we spend more money than everyone else. But what are we getting with that money? Where is it going? I can spend $50,000 restoring a classic car but if I leave it with a locked up engine I'm left with a 5,000 lb paperweight.
While our main rivals are modernizing and updating their sticks, ours appears to be rotting.
The benifit of a strong military is it makes waging war against the US unthinkable and thus the likelihood we get drug into a war is lowered.
The real danger of the US being drug into a war comes when a war against the US doesn't look unthinkable.
And as the dad of a 15 year old son, I want war to be as unthinkable as possible.
This post was edited on 3/9/17 at 12:50 pm
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Posted on 3/9/17 at 12:51 pm to Darth_Vader
The US Navy is the largest deterrent to war. Roosevelt was a proponent of naval dominance/power projection and that doctrine still lives today. No nation will be able to challenge our navy within the next 50 or more years.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 12:54 pm to Darth_Vader
I agree we don't spend money efficiently. I'd rather fix that problem than throw more money at it.
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