FredB wrote:
And look where it got them. Overrun by low-tech Goths and Vandals, who had no trouble conquering an empire obsessed with other nonsense like gay marriage and Justin Bieber.
Our 'enemies' in the near-and mid-term future are more likely to be like the Viet Cong and mujahaddin then they are the Prussian Army or the Luftwaffe.
Ask the VC how much good a huge, bloated, mis-managed, un-motivated, costly, prone-to-breakdown military force is.
The end of communism dictates an entirely different approach to national defense. We're not about to get into tank battles with the Russians. We need small, speedy, well-trained specialists who can be delivered to a hot spot in hours, do the job, and get out again. We need Seal Teams, not F-35s.
Big defense is the big budget buster. Any of you who bitch about 'too much government spending' and then bitch about reductions in the Defense Department are FOS.
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You know, just for once I wish the gov't would publish (in layman's terms) what each department has for a budget. ie defense, welfare programs, foreign aid, congressional salaries, etc. and then drill down to the sublevel where a person could see what our tax dollars are really being spent on.I am sure it is published somewhere but it is not easily findable for me. Gee I wonder why not?