04-08-2017, 09:34 PM
And now a carrier group that was scheduled to make happy near Australia is going to be cruising in the general vicinity of North Korea. Do the North Koreans need to be slapped down more than the Australian Navy needs training? Has Trump discovered the joy of blowing stuff up?
Bush 43's popularity consistently trended downwards, but surged big time just after he invaded somebody. A red president can get a popularity bump by exercising the military. Of course, as people saw the results of said invasions, the downward trend resumed.
Trump has sent some mixed signals. He's not going to be the world's policeman. He knows how to use the military more effectively that prior presidents. Let's see if his next move is more effective than launching a bunch of half million dollar missiles in order to put an airfield out of commission for a day. I didn't much care for the pictures of intact fighter jets sitting in hardened shelters that took some damage but did their jobs.
There is a Tom Clancy joke about two Soviet generals meeting in Paris. One asks the other, "How did the air war go?" By not putting boots on the ground, you can avoid quagmire. Can you achieve anything from the air other than an expensive feel good high?
Bush 43's popularity consistently trended downwards, but surged big time just after he invaded somebody. A red president can get a popularity bump by exercising the military. Of course, as people saw the results of said invasions, the downward trend resumed.
Trump has sent some mixed signals. He's not going to be the world's policeman. He knows how to use the military more effectively that prior presidents. Let's see if his next move is more effective than launching a bunch of half million dollar missiles in order to put an airfield out of commission for a day. I didn't much care for the pictures of intact fighter jets sitting in hardened shelters that took some damage but did their jobs.
There is a Tom Clancy joke about two Soviet generals meeting in Paris. One asks the other, "How did the air war go?" By not putting boots on the ground, you can avoid quagmire. Can you achieve anything from the air other than an expensive feel good high?
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