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2011-10-13 Home Front: Politix

Air Sea Battle: Politics blocks military-approved program bolstering U.S. forces in Asia

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Posted by Sherry 2011-10-13 11:25|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Nothing like having a full-bore political operative as Secretary of Defense. /s

Posted by tipover 2011-10-13 11:51|| 2011-10-13 11:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Compare and contrast to AirLand Battle doctrine developed under Reagan -- arguably, it allowed us to win the Cold War with minimal deaths by putting enough doubts into the minds of Soviet military leaders as to the probability of conventional forces victory in a Warsaw pact invasion of western Europe.

The Pacific requires naval power, lots of intelligence and counter-recon technology, as well as some remnants of the AirLand doctrine in that you go after logistics critical points, and destroy C3I systems to prevent the enemy from effective use of whatever forces they have.

Blocking this sort of doctrinal development decreases deterrence - and to do so in fear of "upsetting" the Chinese, well that practically invites aggression from them, especially in areas like the Spratleys, and the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan, as well as various trade routes that run the area between Japan (and the US West Coast) and the middle east & east Africa.

Where is Cap Weinberg when you need him? Or for that matter, since these are Dems, where are the "Scoop Jackson" and "Sam Nunn" parts of the Dem party anymore?

Screw the Chinese and their getting upset. The Soviets got upset too, and as long as we had the courage to stay the course, it didn't matter.

Tp put China's concerns above our defense is treasonous. We should be defenestrating some of these people, not giving them veto control over our defense policy.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-10-13 15:53|| 2011-10-13 15:53|| Front Page Top

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