Stopping “War Games” Prematurely: A Costly Mistake

Townhall.com ^ | June 23, 2018 | Ed Feulner

[seowulf]

And even if we move more than 28,000 troops back to Kansas or California or somewhere else in the U.S., we’d still have the expense of keeping them trained, fed and housed right here at home.

We can furlough 28000 troops and not pay or feed them, or they could man another border somewhere...like Mexico.

[PlateOfShrimp]

I agree completely. If this were a different administration, I’d be worried. But I trust Trump, especially with the ‘Stache backing him up.

[DesertRhino]

I think Trump found the magic elixir for North Korea that has eluded all of our moron presidents before. He realized you cannot talk someone into surrendering and ending their regime, while simultaneously insisting that you get to imprison or hang them.

[Kaslin]

You are correct. He did suspend them.

[catnipman]

“Stopping “War Games” Prematurely: A Costly Mistake”

give me a F-ing break ... they can be restarted at any time should that be necessary ...

[jospehm20]

I don’t think it is a big deal to anybody except the people who want us to fight everywhere all the time. The exercises can be restarted at any time.

[mac_truck]

The author is Ed Feulner, the former Heritage Foundation President with deep ties to the South Korean government and intelligence agencies.

Not sure how Feulner makes his money these days but it wouldn't surprise me to learn he was commissioned by a foreign lobbyist to write this piece.

[nonsporting]

We can transition easily into the B1-B and ICBM war games.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Besides, let’s consider what we’re funding here. As President John F. Kennedy once said, “The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it.”

How about we consider what George Washington said warning us against entangling alliances or John Quincy Adams telling us we should not go abroad looking for foes.

And the author of the piece graduated from college when JFK was president and I don't see any evidence that he ever volunteered for military service so he himself could share in paying the price for freedom.

[M Kehoe]

Yep.

5.56mm

[hinckley buzzard]

Ed Feulner of the Heritage Foundation, known for issuing position papers nobody reads, and hosting fine cocktail parties paid for with your hard earned contributions. Meh.

[hinckley buzzard]

Besides which, they can be reinstated with a phone call.