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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jun 2010
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Once again, the military establishment proves...
On 7/13/10 9:03 AM, Harold wrote:
"Harry wrote in message
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On 7/13/10 8:26 AM, YukonBound wrote:
"Harry wrote in message
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On 7/13/10 7:44 AM, BAR wrote:
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You were going to have a mission shift if we went into Afghanistan
in
force. The original plan was a covert hit squad.
Who is "you"? Bush let Rumsfeld dictate a tiny army with no ability
to have
boots on the ground, despite the recommendations from the military.
The rhetorical you.
We are proving a huge army is not much more effective in the mountains
than a little hit team.
Most people have no concept of what the military is like and what it
requires.
Sure we do. The military is like a garbage disposal in which you pour
$500 to $600 billion a year and then watch your money go down the drain.
Once we are out of the Bush Recession/Depression, and there are real
jobs around, we need to cut military spending by half, and, at the
same time raise pay and benefits substantially for a much smaller
active duty force that would be better suited for the sort of trouble
and nonsense we face today.
The $300 billion a year we'd save could go to far more important
needs, such as rebuilding infrastructure, funding schools properly,
providing life-long job training for working adults, et cetera.
These days, massive military expenditures get you...nothing.
Helps lifetime senior officers create their own little empires and makes
the favoured suppliers/contractors filthy rich.
And when they retire, they go to work for the contractors.
Where did you and your little ball licker gain your military expertise?
Some of us read, flajim, and, if you read, you learn about the
machinations of the military-industrial complex.
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