(07-31-2020, 04:23 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-31-2020, 04:10 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: She's a nutbag and I don't really care about ads but I'd be in favor of stunting the growth of the military. 

In fact, I'd like to shrink it.

I'm for shrinking a lot of the hardware.
We won't need to build another aircraft carrier for another three decades or so.
We have enough ICBM armed submarines for constant mutual assured destruction on not only this planet, but two other planets at least.
but it seems like we have about the right number of troops.
And the coast guard is actually underfunded. those guys are the first responders to any kind of boating accidents or illegal drug trafficking, and their bridge computers are running Windows 95.
I also think we need to make the national guard a real national guard again. if you sign up for it, they should not be able to send you to foreign countries.

Once again you have no idea what you are talking about.

1.  2 of our carriers are over 40 years old and 3 of them are over 30 years old.  They are rapidly nearing end-of-life.  I (unlike you) happened to serve on a 30 year old ship.  It's not good.

2.  The Coast Guard is not part of the DoD.  They fall under The Department of Homeland Security the same as U.S. Customs and Boarder Patrol.

3.  The National Guard is a reserve component of the military.  They can and should be able to deploy anywhere at anytime.

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