Posted on 10/14/2017 10:25:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
NK is in much worse shape.
Democrats are quite happy with our military readiness. They imagine further cuts, along with additional social justice mandatory training, will vastly improve our military readiness from what it today.
Time to quit playing the world’s policeman. It will bankrupt the nation and destroy the republic.
You have to remember that war winning was not a goal of the previous administration and they would consider readiness to be number of cross dressers, homosexuals, women in combat, communists at West Point, Muslims, etc. Like termites in raw wood, those have all eaten away at our war fighting readiness for years and now we can expect disaster in combat. Why hasnt anyone in Washington rung this fire bell in the night to alert Trump? His Generals all seem ok with the current state of the military, bitter testimony to their rise in the ranks as Obama’s Generals.
I have this fear that the US Military will collasp like a house of cards if we get into a real fight. That gay Marxist did too much damage and Mattis isn’t fixing it.
We don’t need more defense spending debt placed on the young.
Red Platoon
“We don’t need more defense spending debt placed on the young.”
True enough. I guess they will all enjoy listening to the Quran and sending their girls to be good little Muslims by FGM. Certainly the boys will be fine. Or, alternatively, you and all the young ones will want Russia or North Korea to be in charge because you are “with” them.
It is time for a hard hearted evaluation, kick out those Obama generals, rehire retired generals or Kick Ass young ones, and get absolutely NEW people in Congress. Let’s overturn the this obnoxious act that was obviously put into place as a convenience to protect Obama.
:’-(( I cannot believe we would let our country, our beloved country get into this shape. We are a sitting duck for a take over.... I never saw it so clearly.
“The common theme across the services,” the Index editors write, “is one of force degradation resulting from many years of underinvestment, poor execution of modernization programs, and the negative effects of budget sequestration (cuts in funding) on readiness and capacity.”
You can call it “underinvestment”, “poor execution of modernization programs”, and “the negative effects of budget sequestration”, or you can just sum it all up with one five letter word; O-B-A-M-A.
exactly - we need to return to protecting our shores first.
The military can not be rebuilt over night (or in 10 months).
It shows total ignorance to try to fault Trump in this.
The times they are a’changing.
I have a friend that just promoted to Lt. Col. in the USMC. Look for major changes in the next couple of years.
One must recall that in 1941, our whole military apparatus was hollowed out and largely filled with men who had little or no combat experience, except for some salty old sergeants and a number of captains and majors who had seen trench warfare, but were unready for massive air and sea assaults. Somehow, a sufficiently large number of men, between 1942 and 1945, learned all the essential and necessary skills.
I worry that McCain and the turtle will kill any increase in defense spending.
You are ignorant if you expect Secretary Mattis to undue the enormous damage that arrogant pos former occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania did to our military in the 8 years he occupied the People’s house with a snap of his fingers. Get real
Trump has promised $7 trillion for the military over the next decade.
He sees the problem. He’s the problem solver.
Not so much McConnell, but McCain without a doubt.
I’d swap the marines and air for e
Exactly, and we all should support him
Yes we should.
Since there’s nobody else better, trashing Trump amounts to trashing this nation’s last chance.
I may disagree on point, but I know which side my political bread is buttered.
Trump is it.
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