THIS is how this clown SHOULD have left office...
In the 1990s, we had an old roof in need of renovation, repair, and innovation.
Bill Clinton's solution was to get rid of the roof.
THIS is how this clown SHOULD have left office...
Yep, and then he sold our neighbors rain making machines.
Far be it from me to defend Clinton for anything, but I was in the Air Force during Desert Storm. The military drawdowns and troop reductions began right after that war was finished under Bush 41's tenure.
The prevailing wisdom was that we had won the Cold War and were ready to cash in on the "peace dividend." The budget deficit was third-party spoiler Ross Perot's big issue to distract conservatives and pull support away from Bush. Military cuts in Bush's new world order of peace and safety were a done deal. Clinton just continued what Bush already started.
The wise and worldly will tell you today that massive armies are no longer needed because they never anticipate a global WWII-style conflict against national armies. They believe the future is low-intensity, assymetrical operations. The Russians and the Chinese are banking on us keeping this flawed paradigm and are intent on exploiting it in their own good time.
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When was Bubba's last day on the job? Nearly six years ago?