tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post1325196571507342534..comments2024-03-29T07:16:56.810+00:00Comments on Sean Linnane: "THE SCALES FELL FROM MY EYES"STORMBRINGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18405613458419510116noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-49427860030063958252012-01-14T18:48:08.509+00:002012-01-14T18:48:08.509+00:00****************************************
...OF CO...****************************************<br /><br />...OF COURSE:<br /><br /><br />Obama in Baghdad: “didn't want to take pictures with any more soldiers."<br /><br />is utterly horrifying and he should be thoroughly ashamed of himself. I couldn't imagine anything more demoralising than running a war with civil leaders who have no respect for their own military institutions or traditions. (I again refer you to the UK under Labour as a chilling example).<br /><br />****************************************<br /><br />My previous comment is made specifically with reference to your last sentence in your article.<br /><br />What would your ideal balance of forces/operations be, given the state of the public purse?<br /><br />Amicalement,<br /><br />PPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-20919829714287483612012-01-14T18:40:19.008+00:002012-01-14T18:40:19.008+00:00In the UK, the current lot were left such a mess i...In the UK, the current lot were left such a mess in the administration of the military that they scrapped whole projects down to the point that Britain is effectively unarmed. You don't want to go that far ever.<br /><br />That said, wasn't the golden period of the USA the 19th century in which the standing army was a tiny but very professional 20,000 or so?<br /><br />It is not a bad idea in principle to have a strong naval/air force and sufficient land troops to garrison overseas territories and protected states.<br /><br />Nobody doubts that America has awesome industrial capacity and a massive reserve of trained riflemen to draw on in the event they are required, but given the mess that the current and previous C-in-Cs have made of the nation's finances, perhaps it's a wise thing to draw down a little and not get involved in such wide-scale conflicts in future?<br /><br />Perhaps I've misunderstood, though.<br /><br />(e.g. I have heard it said that the old Iraq could have been brought down in more subtle ways than full military invasion, such as by buying off the military governors and supplying/supporting insurgencies, such as we did in Afghanistan in October 2001)Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-85954674593449960112012-01-13T20:07:43.663+00:002012-01-13T20:07:43.663+00:00I knew it. Besides Marxist philosophy I knew obama...I knew it. Besides Marxist philosophy I knew obama and Hillary had something in common. A disdain for the military.TomR armed in Texasnoreply@blogger.com