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Obama’s Unready Navy
Topic Started: Oct 24 2012, 10:00 PM (601 Views)
Berton
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Fact is, Obama and the Dems are the ones cutting the military.
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Corky52
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Got to pay the bills GWB left and replace the toys he used up, not much left for new toys.


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Berton
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There would be if Obama was not giving it away to his friends.

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This is one area where Obama is particularly culpable: His administration, in an effort to cut costs, proposed the retirement of the USS Enterprise (which his allies in Congress passed in 2009) and the six cruisers. Numerous crises are heating up around the world, as recent events show, but there is no indication that Obama has reconsidered these retirement plans. Certainly, it would not be hard to halt the retirements, and extenuating circumstances clearly warrant a supplemental appropriations bill. None of our carriers or submarines — no matter how high-tech they are — are capable of covering the Persian Gulf and South China Sea at the same time, or the Mediterranean Sea and the Korean Peninsula simultaneously.

Obama and his allies in Congress talk about cutting the defense budget in order to spur “nation-building at home.” Accordingly, they have accelerated the decline, begun in 1991, of the U.S. Navy’s ship totals. What they fail to mention is the fact that China’s defense budget has at least quadrupled since 2000. China is becoming more aggressive around the Senkaku Islands and the South China Sea, in disputes with American allies such as Japan and the Philippines, and they have just commissioned their first aircraft carrier. The Chinese build-up, including new planes, stands in stark contrast to the Obama administration’s negligence in failing to keep the Navy properly maintained.
Edited by Berton, Oct 25 2012, 07:55 PM.
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Thumper
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Let see now, Robme is going to balance the budget by vastly increasing defense spending, reducing taxes on the rich, and getting everyone jobs mowing lawns. Ok, I get it now. We borrow more from China.
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Berton
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You don't want to talk about Obama retireing our ships without replacement ships coming on line?


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You want to bring back the coal and oilers, sure we need those kind of ships in a modern Navy?



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Obama and his allies in Congress talk about cutting the defense budget in order to spur “nation-building at home.” Accordingly, they have accelerated the decline, begun in 1991, of the U.S. Navy’s ship totals. What they fail to mention is the fact that China’s defense budget has at least quadrupled since 2000. China is becoming more aggressive around the Senkaku Islands and the South China Sea, in disputes with American allies such as Japan and the Philippines, and they have just commissioned their first aircraft carrier. The Chinese build-up, including new planes, stands in stark contrast to the Obama administration’s negligence in failing to keep the Navy properly maintained.

As the Chinese buy new ships, planes, and armored vehicles, the United States under Obama seems content to stand still. At the very least, the nation should have a quantitative edge in the latest weapons. To that end, the administration should halt the retirement of equipment (including planes and ships) and also build new equipment. If he does not follow this path, Obama will have made America’s task in a potential war with China more difficult.

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We need "wooden ships and iron men." The mere sight of a few triple deckers under full sail would throw a scare into all the evil doer's.
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Oct 25 2012, 09:45 PM
Let see now, Robme is going to balance the budget by vastly increasing defense spending, reducing taxes on the rich, and getting everyone jobs mowing lawns. Ok, I get it now. We borrow more from China.
Its all magic Thumper. We all know he has magic underwear, with those he can do anything.
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The same from the wannabe canook idiot.
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