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To: freepersup
Depending on how serious congress gets about this they may be asking for older former vets to come back in as they know the older ships, craft, ect. There is no way we can continue on our present course of military cuts and defend our nation. That after Tuesday is obvious to anyone. Time to reopen some bases and refit some ships. It doesn't have to go all the way back up to Reagans military but it does need to be at about two thirds of it for reasonable national defense.

Our reserves can not handle the demands of active duty call ups. The employers as well can't afford it. Train them yes by all means but get us back to a full active duty force that can stand on it's own.

We need more aircraft, tanks, subs, and ships. Much of this is still aviable and can be brought into service with re-tooling. That is a short term solution. Over the long term we must face facts that having a full ready standing military is a must. We lost a lot of bases, troops, and ships in the past 10 years. The cuts were too great. Having standing carriers in the Gulf and MED goes a long way in making an enemy or host nation of our enemy think twice about messing with us. It's time to restore our military to that standard.

8 posted on 09/14/2001 11:46:02 PM PDT by cva66snipe
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To: cva66snipe
As I post this message, news reports tell of the Commander in Chief ordering to active duty, 50,000 Reservists. That's a good start !
12 posted on 09/15/2001 12:04:18 AM PDT by freepersup
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