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| Dumb Brookings Institute Pronouncement (nice pictures, though) |
| 2005-03-31 |
| "...If the Pentagon wants to get transformation right, it should scale back funding for some of its most prized high-tech programs and put the cash back into one of its greatest assets: the fighting men and women of the U.S. Army and Marines..." "Yesiree, backinmyday, a soldier with a rusty broken bayonet was *expected* to take on an enemy Division and whup it, even if he was outnumbered five hundred thousand to one! Just needs tougher boot camp is all!" |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Brookings pronouncements on American National Security issues should be taken with the same sincerity as Vicente Fox's - they're on the other side IMO |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-31 2:57:36 PM |
| #6 The development cycle for remotely operated and unmanned equipment is (much) shorter, in large part becuase the safety and reliability criteria are lower. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-03-31 2:57:25 PM |
| #5 New weaponry lasts decades. Troops are lost when their enlistment periods run out. That's the reality. New weaponry takes years, perhaps decades, to get operational. Fresh troops can be trained up in several months. Brookings, the liberal think-tank usually described as moderate by the New York Times, is doing its usual schtick. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-03-31 2:28:32 PM |
| #4 They didn't want to reduce the F-22 buy to double digits. I guess they've cut that one back as far as they can already. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-03-31 12:53:40 PM |
| #3 Should've added that folks like the Brookings Institute people favor 'investment' in troops, because they're a relatively cheap and fungible asset to acquire, maintain, and (especially) demobilise compared to weapon systems. Troops also don't have political-turf support either. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-03-31 12:50:09 PM |
| #2 This the same Brookings Institute that was quiet during the large-scale RIFs between 1991-2002? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-03-31 12:43:06 PM |
| #1 I didn't see anything about plans to incorporate the Zionist Death Ray into our military. Mounted on satelites would be cool. Code name: The Wrath of Allan. Oh, and the Earth Quake generator too. Where does that fit in? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-03-31 12:29:16 PM |