2seaoat wrote:The military is the largest teat sucker in America. Like any other teat suckers they want more of taxpayer money. They perpetuate the illusion that America feeding MIC's bottom line and employing the near unemployable is going to stop threats to America. We project an Imperial colonizing presence in the world backed by those who are in the Military or were in the Military as they try to make Civilian Control of a democracy secondary to the militarization of America. Enough! We need to go back to our founding fathers admonishments against a standing army. It is the ticket to despotism and tyranny as the military just tries to justify their existence fighting Granada or Iraq at 10-1 advantage as we bomb innocent civilians and are now perceived by most of the world as the most dangerous obstacle to peace. We are the problem. Our vets and their groups seeking more handouts are part of that same problem. These are generalizations which are as invalid as the absurd generalization that we should honor our vets for what they have done......please look at those Iraqi children and tell me about honor. It is time to drastically reduce the American military. It is time to withdraw from Korea. It is time to withdraw from Europe. It is time to cut the military by 25%. It is time to defend America and not be a colonial imperial force padding Mic's bottom line. You cannot change evil without a drastic and equally painful departure from the militarization of America over the last 70 years.
You are so far out in left field you just went over the fence but inside the foul line. The Military ONLY does what their civilian bosses tell them to do. The Military tries to close bases or stop certain weapons systems and are stymied by members of Congress whose districts will be impacted.
Yes, in a lot of ways the military is bloated and inefficient at budgeting but civilians (in reality) are driving the bus. Walk through a typical military command headquarters (like NETC in Pensacola or the Pentagon) and you will find more civilians than military.
If I were boss for a day this would be my priority list:
Kill the F-35 program
Kill the Ford class carriers
Stop production of nuclear subs and go diesel electric only
Train for small scale warfare instead of the "big one"
Fold the Marines and Air Force into the Army (this would save a lot of money by eliminating duplicate capability)
Close unnecessary bases and sell the property at market value instead of giving it away
Rid the services of unnecessary higher echelon Officers and focus on the troops
That would be a good start