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CAN YOU NAME THIS COUNTRY ? Be sure to read to the end...
~709,000 REGULAR (ACTIVE DUTY) PERSONNEL.
~293,000 RESERVE TROOPS.
~EIGHT STANDING ARMY DIVISIONS.
~20 AIR FORCE AND NAVY AIR WINGS WITH 2,000 COMBAT AIRCRAFT.
~232 STRATEGIC BOMBERS.
~19 STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES WITH 3,114 NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON 232 MISSILES.
~500 ICBMs WITH 1,950 WARHEADS.
~FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND 121 SURFACE COMBAT SHIPS AND SUBMARINES PLUS ALL THE SUPPORT BASES, SHIPYARDS, AND LOGISTICAL ASSETS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN SUCH A NAVAL FORCE.
~IS THIS COUNTRY.....
RUSSIA? NO
CHINA? NO
GREAT BRITAN? NO
FRANCE? WRONG AGAIN ( What a Laugh!!!!!)
MUST BE USA ? STILL WRONG (SORT OF)
GIVE UP ?
THESE ARE THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES THAT WERE ELIMINATED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF BILL CLINTON AND AL GORE.
But it seems like there is a pretty good case for having done that - During the Clinton administration didn't the Cold War as a justification pretty much evaporate? The Soviet Union wss gone by 1993- so who would all of those ICBMs, SLBMs and Air craft carriers target? What would those 20 wings have done since 1993- certainly they wouldn't have changed the equation one bit in any of the conflicts we have been involved in to date. I mean we've been at war for 7-1/2 years- I have yet to see anyone suggest that we have a threat anywhere that would call into question our aerospace or maritime dominance and when they talk about exhausting the force- it's the Army and the Marine Corps - not the really big ticket items that are worn out. So if none of those folks are peer competitors - then wasn't eliminating all that the right thing to do and what's the justification for not cutting the Defense procurement budget if there is no one who can touch us now or in the next 10 years? So who is the threat on the immediate horizon that justifies the F22 when the F35 is coming right behind it? Our most immediate threats are Iran and North Korea- do we think that they will justify unlimited expenditures on hardware? Life is about priorities and accepting calculated risk in some areas -it seems to me that the DoD budget faces that reality as well.