Let's Tell-all about Tulsi

[Bob Butler 54]

(02-07-2020, 10:59 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(02-07-2020, 05:40 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: The United Kingdom was formed long ago by blatant aggression.  It seems right somehow that the deeds be undone by casting votes.  Still, UK sea strength has been favorable to the US for the last century plus.  It will be sort of ashamed to see that weakened.

Yep, if that goes, there goes a few trillion to replace it. How about privatizing a portion of their healthcare costs? I know that would crush the hopes of progressives here but it would keep us both free and able to protect both our nations shipping routes.

It is not pirates that worry me.  Lots of nations have ships at sea that need protection.  Lots of nations don’t have enough carrier groups to stand off the Persian Gulf to perform bombing raids, or to conduct naval operations in China’s brown water.  If you want to project force anywhere in the world near an ocean, it gets a lot more expensive than taking turns putting a few destroyers or frigates off the coast of Somalia.  

Plus we have been playing 3 for 1 games lately.  In order to deploy one carrier group, there will be another in maintenance and another in training.  Somehow, in World War II, they deployed carriers for years. Much of it was the use of well trained and large crews who would perform maintenance while deployed.  When the war ended, they had to deploy balloons on traditional going home banners with a foot for every day away from Uncle Sugar.  If they did not, the banners would dip into the sea.

Cut domestic spending to float more carrier groups?  The ability to meddle in areas converting from autocratic states is worthy.  So are the retirement accounts of the Xers and Millennials.  Someone does have to play the Domino Theory game.  You have to give the autocrats a feeling that expansion by force is prohibitively expensive and apt to fail.  Meddling in Neo colonialism is another thing.  Bush 43 just got the world mad at us and destabilized the Middle East for his trouble.  Trying to do something you cannot wastes a lot in gold, iron and blood.

I just have the feeling that as the Xers and Millennials start reaching retirement, they are going to expect the government to bail out their past inability to save, and have the votes to make it so.  The years of spending on the military while ignoring the needs of their people will come back to haunt the US.