And any aircraft tossed over the side will not be replaced, have to budget for EBT, illegals, more welfare, etc.
Whereby as US forces slowly pull out and empower South Vietnamese forces to fill our vacuum? We saw that crumble like a house of cards.
Well, since 1973 what have we learned? Anybody? Really? Nothing? All those lives & resources, all that debt? OK so Bush tried to create change in the Arab world starting in Afghanistan and in Iraq. It worked for a short period before petering out.
The Arab world was shocked and awed by Bush the “Cowboy”, there was, R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Syria pulled out of Lebanon and America's friends and enemies tipped their hats (or Kaffiyehs).
Now, seeing the President lift barbells? His red lines in the sand, backed up by his now famous grimace? Oh, how pathetic does he (we) look on the world stage? Terror unhinged, unchecked and winning. Oh, I forgot, Obama killed Osama...