- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Military Brass gives report. 74% are not combat ready
Posted on 2/9/17 at 1:26 pm to HempHead
Posted on 2/9/17 at 1:26 pm to HempHead
quote:
Almost certainly the result of misuse rather than lack of funds.
Almost certainly sure you are in no position to know that. Almost certain that the brass is correct.
quote:
For as much as we spend on the defense budget, it is indefensible for us to not operate at full readiness at any time.
Depends on where the money is being spent.
The one thing that is for certain, our constitution is clear that this is one area that is required to be maintained.
5
Posted on 2/9/17 at 1:30 pm to Jjdoc
quote:
Almost certainly sure you are in no position to know that. Almost certain that the brass is correct.
Forgive me if I do not trust any government official about needing more money. We have, far and away, the largest budget in the world. If we can not use this exorbitant amount to even be relatively ready to operate against peer adversaries like Russia and China who spend much less, then I think it is an organizational and inefficiency problem, not a fiduciary one.
quote:
The one thing that is for certain, our constitution is clear that this is one area that is required to be maintained.
No debate here.
Posted on 2/9/17 at 1:36 pm to Jjdoc
quote:
Depends on where the money is being spent.
The budget would be more than sufficient if commanders were freed of the failed PC culture and allowed to focus 100% on producing the best warfighting force possible on those dollars.
Now, you can't do that with women in combat, misguided pagan "Earth worship", and a whole host of other social engineering projects that have consumed our ability to fight a real war.
Posted on 2/9/17 at 1:37 pm to Jjdoc
quote:
Almost certainly sure you are in no position to know that. Almost certain that the brass is correct.
The brass is correct about 17% of the time. which is significantly more often than you are correct.
Posted on 2/9/17 at 4:20 pm to Jjdoc
quote:
Almost certain that the brass is correct.
Absolutely (not almost) certain that this is false.
Posted on 2/9/17 at 4:45 pm to Jjdoc
quote:
Depends on where the money is being spent.
The one thing that is for certain, our constitution is clear that this is one area that is required to be maintained.
1. The constitution actually doesn't provide for standing federal armed forces in peacetime, save a Navy because you couldn't just scuttle expensive ships at the end of a war the way you could demobilize and disband Armies.
2. The military's budget has not shrunk when accounting for the degree to which the mission has. We essentially closed out two wars in the last five years.
This is more pleading poverty from the brass. If they can't make a $600B budget work I don't know what to tell them. And that doesn't account for OCO funds, DoS funds for Security Cooperation, CIA's operating budget, etc.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News