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2011-06-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Hill Poll: Majority says military involved in too many places

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-06-20 13:50|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The next president has to make clear what his/her ideas are in striking the right balance.

Funny thing is, this president was supposed by 50%+ to have done that.

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-06-20 17:05|| 2011-06-20 17:05|| Front Page Top

#2 How many wars, mr president?

Fore!

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-06-20 17:35|| 2011-06-20 17:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Except for Iraq, Afghanistan, and that Libya nonsense, all the other places our people (Marines and Special Forces, I believe) have been -- the Maghreb, various quiet corners of the Middle East and Asia -- have enabled us to keep situations from becoming full-blown wars. I don't know,of course, but at a guess I'd say we have troops or CIA not-spies in about 20 countries, whether training, interdicting, or quietly tracking down people who fondly think themselves invisible.

If you know the answer, please do not tell me. Thank you. If you are the answer, just thank you for whatever you're doing, wherever you are doing it.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-06-20 18:43|| 2011-06-20 18:43|| Front Page Top

#4 tw: There are about 80 more deployments beyond that, that are not active, but either passive, unlikely "trigger" roles, support activities, foreign force training liaisons, or there for foreign policy reasons.

Like in Germany, with some 52,000 (77,917 military personnel are located in Europe); Japan with 35,700; 28,500 in SKor. We even have over 150 in Russia.

(All data decidedly open source.)

They do make an effort to have *some* involvement of these forces in ongoing conflicts, but the question is whether they are essential, or just handy?

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-06-20 18:56|| 2011-06-20 18:56|| Front Page Top

#5 but the question is wthether they are essential, or just handy?

And thus we see why I'll never be made a general. :-). Good point, Anonymoose.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-06-20 22:31|| 2011-06-20 22:31|| Front Page Top

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