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I know that...you know that...but do the Murcan people know that?
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
The Russians have one that is pretty damn good. The Chinese are nearing deployment on one that is pretty damn good also. Admittedly it is hard to beat an F-15, but time does move on...and so does technology.
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
I can refer to my hands as one unit... "my hands". Or I can call them "left hand" and "right hand".
It doesn't matter. I still have two hands.
That's what you guys are discussing.
"I think it's stupid to have a 'left hand' and a 'right hand'. We should just have 'hands'!!!"
In that case, give me all your stuff. I promise not to change the name of anything.
“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
Yes. It does matter. If you simply cut and pasted the Marine corps out of the Navy and put it under the Army... to accomplish everything the Marines do... it would cause a lot of chaos.
Explain to us how this would work. Describe in detail how you would move the Marines corps structure from under SecNav to SecDef. You are overloading DoD while underloading the Navy.
It's simply retarded. If you need to reduce the overall size of the Marines Corps and can still accomplish the same things, then do it. Either way, the same number of people will be employed. You are confusing downsizing with "cut and paste" movement. Doing that to an organization is unnecessary.
If all you are doing is cutting and pasting, it's just a name change. If you are downsizing for efficiency, removing unnecessary redundancies, then that can be accomplished under the current structure.
I've seen no argument made whatsoever about the benefits of structural changes. Everything has been about reducing spending and troop levels. That has nothing to do with structure.
So explain to the class, Mr. Bigshot, your solution.
But you are just going to troll back weakly... you are a discount troll without the ability to actually discuss anything.
Alby, have you heard of Emercom? You don't need a ****ing military to provide humanitarian relief. They are taught to kill people, not save them.
I'm not sure any organization in the world could come close to the logistical ability of the U.S. military into difficult to acess areas regardless of if they are trained to kill or save (or both). That, I think, is the point trying to be made.
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
yes it is. your assertion that the dollar being a reserve currency and US debt having low interest rates are down the US military, instead of, say, economic strength, is ridiculous.
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de Botton
And a lot of other people are dead because we are a hegemon. Who knows which number is higher?
Moreover, I am not arguing that we never should have had a Cold War military. I am arguing that we shouldn't have a Cold War military NOW.
OK, but as mentioned by someone else there will be other powers that will try to fill any void left. Who are they likely to be? I'm doubting it'll be liberal democracies.
My view of it is that a lot more people would be dead now were it not for the relative strength of the US military in the world. Small consolation to the average Iraqi, but there it is.
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yes it is. your assertion that the dollar being a reserve currency and US debt having low interest rates are down the US military, instead of, say, economic strength, is ridiculous.
Nice strawman. Sure I overstated the importance of the military, but I never said anything about the US economy not counting.
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There's a reason the world follows the green back and your debt gets carried for free compared to other nations. You want to lose the hammer? Fine. Welcome to the consequences of debt that nobody gives a **** about.
the clear implication being that if the US mililtary was cut, it would cause people to no longer trust the US to repay its debts or somesuch.
My view of it is that a lot more people would be dead now were it not for the relative strength of the US military in the world. Small consolation to the average Iraqi, but there it is.
what reasons do you have for this view?
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de Botton
oh, so you are saying the Marines corps doesn't follow the chain of command and isn't ultimately commanded by the POTUS
Our mission statement from Title 10 of the US code includes that the Marine Corps "shall perform such other duties as the President may direct." I do not believe the other service branches have such a statement explicit in US law.
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"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
Has anyone told you lately that the "every Marine is a rifleman" thing is dumb? Because it is. My brother's in the Army, as a hacker type--we're not allowed, and don't want, to know the details. Something that involves hacking into/disabling computer systems. But since he has a bum shoulder that dislocates easily, he's "not deployable," so they're letting him go. Their loss, since he's going on to a very nice civilian job with the skills they taught him. But seriously, WTF? If a war breaks out, they are not going to be sending highly trained spooks onto the field with a damned rifle.
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