Posted on 02/24/2014 5:11:07 AM PST by RetiredArmy
You want to cede Asia, the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand to the ChiComs. No thanks.
OMG. No. Having a strong military does not mean that we have to force others to attack us. And weakening our military will not ensure that others stop attacking us. It doesn’t work that way!
At this time of Worldly chaos I cannot think of a more treasonous move by an administration.
Of course they USE Hagel as the point guy, but we all know it’s the Socialist/Democrat war room pulling the strings of their head marionette repeating dialogue “make it so #1”.
The core of the problem here is that the quality or capability of our entire military will be negatively affected by our leftist leaders actions. In short, China or Russia will be able to whip us.
Major General McMaster is on CSAN now
he says that we need land forces...
“You want to cede Asia, the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand to the ChiComs. No thanks.”
I never knew those were American territories. If our allies are attacked we can always go and help.
“I’ll fight my war with forward troops already established, and we’ll see who gets farther, faster, with less loss of life and less delay.”
If you think we have ever had enough troops to stop an invasion of an ally you don’t know the history of such affairs.
Non sequitur. I never said we were bullies nor was that a part of this discussion.
You are attempting to say that anyone not for having troops all over the place is doing so because they think we are bullies. That’s just plain stupid.
“A forward base is an already established forward fighting position.”
Which get run over and slaughtered for what reason? We have never had enough troops overseas to stop an invasion and that includes the troops in Germany and South Korea.
” weakening our military “
You are assuming the intended troop strengths are a “weak” military. Again, this is nothing but a knee-jerk reaction by people that think “anything and everything” for the military, versus spending enough to maintain a strong defense.
Sigh.
Sorry, he was my local rep for years.
There is serious talks of ending land based nukes. Sub based ones are supposed to be on the block also.
Hah. I suppose we fought Japan entirely on our soil? No? Oh, ok. The Barbary Pirates? No? See, in neither of those cases did we go out looking for a potential threat. That’s how we should handle things.
Impeach Obama.
GENERAL JAMES MATTOON SCOTT: WHERE ARE YOU NOW THAT WE NEED YOU?
Look up “weakening” in the dictionary. You are arguing in favor of weakening our military. Please don’t redefine the word.
“There is serious talks of ending land based nukes.”
I know but I highly doubt that will happen. The low cost and the extremely effective deterrent it provides against attack is too significant to do without. Obama may think he will get it but he won’t.
“You are arguing in favor of weakening our military.”
Weakening means first to be weak. The troop strength asked for is not a weak military.
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