Posted on 09/16/2011 11:50:01 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Command the seas? Are you serious?
Americans want to command their smart phones, while watching the Kardashians.
We can’t afford our navy, and it will gradually be mothballed.
Then we can do as China tells us to do.
Don’t let Obama know how much we need carriers. He’ll cut their budgets, and redistribute the funds to union jobs and green energy.
I am pro-military, but I don’t see how when we are in as much debt as we are, we need 11 carrier groups when the most any other country can muster up is 1.
I served on board two carriers; theRanger and the Kennedy.
There have always been idiots in this country, but to call Americans idiots in general is a disgrace.
“There have always been idiots in this country, but to call Americans idiots in general is a disgrace.”
52% of Americans voted for Obama. That’s a majority.
I rest my case.
It is hard to accept for some, but a brief look at the "popular culture" is very grim. The votes for Zero are indeed just another indicator.
“52% of Americans voted for Obama. That’s a majority. I rest my case.”
The court is adjourned. Sad, isn’t it. Clearly half the country supported that idiot.
A close-up view of a crack in the hull of the Aegis-guided missile cruiser USS PRINCETON (CG-59), part of the damage sustained when the vessel struck an Iraqi mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf on February 18th in support of Operation Desert Storm. The incident resulted in the injury of three crew members and also inflicted propeller damage on the ship, however, the Princeton was still able to navigate and operate its weapons systems.
Aside from the fiscal ability to project power,one must also wonder,given the evolution of asymmetrical warfare and the proliferation of small missile technology among the second and third worlds, if carriers will be highly vulnerable in future conflicts? Will or should the ability to project air power from outer space be the military doctrine of the future?
“...and Sea King helicopters taxi, take off, land and park on the warship’s four and a half acre flight deck”
I live in San Diego and I have not seen a Sea King helicopter in years.
I was on the Kennedy and the FID...(Forrestal for you non navy types)
52% of 131.3 million voters, not 52% of 300+ million Americans.
68.28 million Americans are idiots, which is only 22% or so of Americans.
I was aboard the Nimitz and Carl Vinson with VA-35.
Obama: “Where are the carriers?”
Aide: “At the piers, where you ordered them.”
“I don’t see how when we are in as much debt as we are, we need 11 carrier groups “
Well, when we deliver goods overseas we’ll need to protect them from being confiscated on the seas by our creditors.
Convoy duty in the post-Obama world...
“68.28 million Americans are idiots, which is only 22% or so of Americans.”
Do you really want to fight this fight?
Population: 300 million.
Number of eligible voters: 213 million
Turnout: 132 million
Obama votes: 68 million
213 - 132 = 81 million who didn’t vote. I submit to you, that anyone who didn’t vote in that election is as dumb as an Obama voter.
So, out of 213M eligible voters, 149M are not deep thinkers. That’s roughly 70% of Americans who aren’t really paying attention.
And of those under 18... many of them are being raised by that 70%.
Trying to defend an indefensible position isn’t a good move.
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