Posted on 02/23/2007 3:51:29 AM PST by Fennie
The United States has tremendous military power. But this power has been compromised in recent years. In 1985, under President Reagan, the United States Army had 27 divisions. Today, we have 10 divisions. In 1985, we had 37 Air Force wings. Today, we are down to 13 wings. In 1985, we had 546 ships in the United States Navy. Today, we have 339 ships...
And the 10 divisions we have today would probably beat the 27 we had then.
I agree plus the planes and ships today will do more than all the planes and ships of yesteryear.Sounds like a tear down the United states BS story.
As Putin continues to move Russia back to its "glory days" of the USSR, Cold War 2 is in our future.
WEll, enough of this security umbrella for ungrateful people who need to see to their own defense.
I think Clinton called it the "peace dividend".
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