[SkyPilot]

Great job America.

Mark my words, there will be a war in the Middle East soon - possibly within the next year. It will shake the world. Our forces are growing weaker by the day - and we will be totally unprepared for it.

The argument of the month is that Americans sigh that they are "war weary", yet less than 1% of the population of this nation serves. Our forces have been betrayed by both political parties.

Our nation is about to drown because of excessive entitlement spending, not because of defense.

God help us all.

[SkyPilot]

[WilliamIII]

Mark my words, there will be a war in the Middle East soon - possibly within the next year.

There’s already a war in the Middle East - Afghanistan. Did you forget about it? It’s been going for a decade. You now want us to get involved in another one? Haven’t had enough?

You want more Pentagon spending to pay for your next middle east war? Where will the money come from? Higher taxes or more borrowing from China? And how much money will we need?

I’m tired of “small government” conservatives who favor big expensive government in the form of endless foreign wars.

[rbg81]

It’s all part of Obama’s “plan”.

We won’t be able to defend ourselves, but at least any Third Worlder coming over the border will get welfare, an EBT card, a phone, and free healthcare.

No worries. [/s]

[trebb]

The argument of the month is that Americans sigh that they are "war weary", yet less than 1% of the population of this nation serves. Our forces have been betrayed by both political parties.

And it continues to get worse with the past 20 years of increasing politicization of the "leadership". They have a "punish severely and reward grudgingly" attitude because all below them are disposable "assets". Those who do the heavy lifting are nothing more than a resource to pad their "leaders" resumes and promotion jackets. It sickens me to watch it happen from "the inside" (24 years in uniform and 15 years civil service).

[CodeToad]

We can do without spying on Americans. That’s got to be at least $10 billion each year.