Perfect, just perfect!
Advice - again - to the eventual Democratic nominee: run on W's record.
From The Marine Corps Times:
Iraq war has ground forces stretched thinHow much do we spend on defense? I believe the latest projection for 2008 is $600Bn. ... But, we don't have the capability to respond to the next threat other than by using nukes!
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jan 13, 2008
If the U.S. were to face a new conventional threat, its military could not respond effectively without turning to air power, officials and analysts say.
That is the ultimate upshot of the war in Iraq: a response elsewhere would consist largely of U.S. fighters and bombers — even, perhaps, some degree of nuclear strike — because so many ground troops are tied up in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
What's wrong with this picture?
Please - out of Iraq, NOW!
Rebuild the military. Reconstitute the MEN - not the machines! We don't need any more high-tech weapons systems: we need the ability to respond to real threats (which - hint - do NOT include the Soviet Union!).
For $600Bn/yr we ought to be able to respond to real threats without using nukes. Am I missing something?
Stop the madness!
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