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| Navy Eyes Pacific Expansion To Counter China |
| 2006-02-04 |
| long article RTWT |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #5 They haven't made the hard choices,” said Lawrence Korb, a Reagan administration defense official who is now a senior fellow with the left-leaning Center for American Progress. “You can't fund all of these weapons systems.” Korb's think-tank has come up with a proposal radically different from the Pentagon's. Its plan would scrap missile defense, the F/A-22 fighter, the DD(X) destroyer, the Virginia-class submarines and the Marine's trouble-plagued V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Meanwhile, it would add 86,000 Army soldiers. Figures. Troops are a relatively inexpensive, fungible asset; they can be RIF'd without a screech from the politicos. Weapons on the other hand... I'm surprised they didn't press for a draft. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-02-04 21:52 |
| #4 The Lefties will blame Dubya and America anyways for both having the draft as well as not having the draft - NEVER MIND THE DEMS AS VICTORY IS VICTORY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-02-04 21:38 |
| #3 USN in the Pacific, which is prob why the Spetzies are making trouble in NATO's northern flank, where the USN is NOT. Will say again Dubya & Co. need to be ready to militarily handle Iran, NorKor and TAIWAN simultaneously. Bring back the Draft, or else go back to Cold War manpower levels/spending and 2-1/2+ GLOBAL WARFIGHTING STRATEGY -BETTR SAFE THAN SORRY, BETTER TO HAVE HAVE TOO MUCH THAT GOES UNUSED, THAN TOO LITLE AND SCRAMBLING FOR PARTS AND RESOURCES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-02-04 21:37 |
| #2 It would be a shame if not ironic if we got caught again with our 'pants down' at Pearl Harbor! |
| Posted by: smn 2006-02-04 16:40 |
| #1 The Atlantic is a mere pond and is thus passe. Let's GO Navy and Let's GO Asiatic. and Ima sure Joe would concur. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-02-04 15:54 |