You might be surprised to hear that I agree. Our standing Army is our largest expense, and it is never used "in defense of nation". I've listened to all the complaints about how we've had to rebuild I'm time's of need, but really do we need to spend any of these countries billions?
We are geographically protected. The homeland is safe from attack. On Oct 23, 2013 8:41 AM, "GMoney" <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe it's time we reduced our military, including "readiness". Maybe the > next time a hot spot flares up, we'll be FORCED to leave it alone. I for > one am ready to sit out a few wars. > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Did you read my message? We are sacrificing training to save money. Not > > training means units are not ready for combat. Just because Iraq is > pretty > > much over, and Afghanistan is winding down does not mean there are no > more > > global threats. > > > > On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Since the wars are winding down, why would the military spending not be > > > reduced? > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
