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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.

Little buddy, you and I are just alike! We are cowards, so we never
thought of helping to protect our country, but we act like we know
about
military procedure, etc.

Don't recall you mentioning serving in the military, Kevin.

WTF is "Kevin"? Are you really that stupid?

Not at all, Kevin.