It’s kind of pointless. The US national guard is bigger than the entire Russian ground forces. But the problem is morons who entertain the idea of a conventional war against a nuclear power like Russia or China.
Of course we could beat either in a straight out conventional war.
BUT, the moment you place either in an existential threat, such as invading into their territory, you will probably be nuked off the face of the earth.
The WWII nazi experience, Napoleon, WWI, etc is seared into the Russian mentality. They have it as an article of faith that those days of being invaded are over. They openly state that it is policy that anyone who ever invades them again will not do so without their homeland being wrecked just as badly.
Our smart think tank types and generals still keep playing the “we can bloody their nose conventionally and it won’t go nuclear” card.
As for China, they speak and all understand about a century of humiliation inflicted upon them from the opium wars forward. I don’t know if i would say they hate us, but China is finished with the idea of subservience to the west and isn’t shy about displeasing us.
Someday, someone, somewhere will miscalcalculate. We have grown used to people backing down. Those days won’t last forever.
While endorsing the strategy’s aims, the commission warned that Washington isn’t moving fast enough or investing sufficiently to put the vision into practice, risking a further erosion of American military dominance that could become a national security emergency.
President Trump has done more to bolster our military
than Obama ever thought of. If there is obstruction
it lays at the feet of the democrats.
We have a Hulk
Russia? Nope. China. Yes.
LOL, when you recruit with the promise of getting free big boobs or a sex change, what kind of an Army would you expect? Seriously? They better start producing Combat Droids.
I substantially agree. Let me name just a few problem areas off the top of my head:
1. Our Navy runs ships into other ships due to women being on board and in command.
2. To accommodate women all services put them in billets where they will, when the bullets fly, run as they did in Panama.
3. Our Special Forces, with so far the exception of the Seals, reduces it’s physical requirements so as to allow puny little women to “practice” war fighting. When a hundred thousand Russians are headed straight for them with fixed bayonets they will run like hell as god intended them to do. They are not suppose to fight. Men are! And I mean real men not confused men.
4. We allow gays in the military and spend money on sex change surgeries instead of guns and bullets and food.
5. We allow Trannies in the service.
6. WE appoint people to command positions based on sex or race not MERIT so that generals and admirals can score points with liberal politicians!
7. Upper ranks need to be purged of liberal officers appointed by Obama.
These are just a few that pop into my mind in 2 minutes. We all know about all these and we all know our beloved military has serious, serious problems that could lead to a major calamity in combat!
As a 7 year veteran myself, I find myself wondering when are Trump and Mattis going to start curing some of these blatant problems? I don’t see it. And, I worry about Mattis………..for a lot of reasons.
Thank former President Obama!
Not surprising. Technology only gets you so far and the Chinese and Russians are both advancing their technology to counteract ours. The mouse trap is soon thwarted.
JoMa
“The National Defense Strategy Commission” is a lobbying PAC.
They want to convince the American taxpayer that advertised weapons systems from China and Russia actually work, and are deployed in numbers.
Of course that’s all bullshit as anyone currently serving can tell you.
Sure, they have SOME stuff, but by and large we can defeat both of them at the same time...but not without some loss.
Our shit works, and is deployed in numbers.
Did I mention our shit actually works?
We also would have lost to Nazi Germany in 1939.
But we sure ramped up quickly.
Whut?! That’s not going to happen. Christ is going to reign on a perfectly fine Planet Earth for 1,000 years before Final Judgment, the new Heavens a new Earth are in place.
Which is why I’ve been saying for years we need to make nice with Russia before China does.
Offshoring and the loss of our robust industrial is the biggest threat to US security. Thanks Free Traitors™.
Anyone who thinks we could NOT is delusional......