re: Budget Cuts Leave 101st Airborne Crippled

It's just my 2 cents. Yeah, we spend a lot more China. But China doesn't have a massive Fleet in the Middle East nor does it have a massive presence in Europe or across the Pacific. So if we have to scare off against China in the South China Sea they'll really be able to focus down on that area a lot quicker than we could and could even use mainland weaponry.

Again, not that we couldn't give them a beating in the long-term... but it would be costly. Especially if we want to maintain our commitments elsewhere.

And I'm all for our European and Asian allies to start paying more for their own defense, but I'm a strong believer in the US leading the way.

As much distrust as American have in their own government to get things done and protect American interests, I have even less trusts in foreign governments to do so allies or not.