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Fuck - it's too early in the day for this kind of shit....FarmBoy is driving me to drink....
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Look - I don't like a standing Army as much as the next red blooded American....but warfare has changed...modern mechanized war machines require professionals to operate them safely...want to close OCONUS bases? I'm right behind you....what to reduce infantry...sure....but tankers, pilots, sub mariners....? ehh...not so crazy about that.
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As opposed to what, invading them?Zlaxer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:48 amSuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:24 amWhat on earth would they accomplish with a fighter jet, unless it's dropping nukes?
MAD is the only military policy that matters anymore.
Right - so if a rogue PRC pilot decides he wants to bomb the coast of Alaska, we're going to Nuke all of China....
We'd probably nuke some island of theirs, and they'd choose to escalate or not.
Like I said, keep the boomer and bomber crews. Don't really need anything else.Zlaxer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:53 amLook - I don't like a standing Army as much as the next red blooded American....but warfare has changed...modern mechanized war machines require professionals to operate them safely...want to close OCONUS bases? I'm right behind you....what to reduce infantry...sure....but tankers, pilots, sub mariners....? ehh...not so crazy about that.
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This person ^^^ votes.SuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:24 amWhat on earth would they accomplish with a fighter jet, unless it's dropping nukes?Zlaxer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:22 amSuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:13 amOdds of the US army being used for any sort of domestic defense - 1,000,000 : 1
Odds of the US army being used for foreign corporate wars - 1 : 1
I see no downside here.
Honestly, this is the same as our former discussion about the surface navy. There is absolutely no reason to have it. It's a trillion-dollar jobs program, and the worst example of government waste.
INb4 we hear that patriotism = support of the MIC
Your going to use Boomers and Minutemen to shoot down MIGs, SUs, and whatever other shit POSs the PRC sends our way? Impressive shooting...
MAD is the only military policy that matters anymore.
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Not that it does any good, but yeah.Speaker to Animals wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:01 amThis person ^^^ votes.SuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:24 amWhat on earth would they accomplish with a fighter jet, unless it's dropping nukes?
MAD is the only military policy that matters anymore.
You want smaller government, or multi-trillion-dollar standing corporate army?
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SuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:10 amNot that it does any good, but yeah.Speaker to Animals wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:01 amThis person ^^^ votes.SuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:24 am
What on earth would they accomplish with a fighter jet, unless it's dropping nukes?
MAD is the only military policy that matters anymore.
You want smaller government, or multi-trillion-dollar standing corporate army?
Close the OCONUS bases....and stop making carriers...they're obsolete...but we need tanks, helos, transports, troop carriers....and the ability to deploy if need be....
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Research.
Training.
Infrastructure.
Significant production of Things such as the F-35 are wooden boats coming into WW1.
Training.
Infrastructure.
Significant production of Things such as the F-35 are wooden boats coming into WW1.
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Couldn't agree more.
There's no real use for a fighter jet, whatsoever.
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Tanks are useless. Helos and transports are a good idea, but we have the interstate system to handle most needs.Zlaxer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:12 amSuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:10 amNot that it does any good, but yeah.
You want smaller government, or multi-trillion-dollar standing corporate army?
Close the OCONUS bases....and stop making carriers...they're obsolete...but we need tanks, helos, transports, troop carriers....and the ability to deploy if need be....