US Dominance, Major Programs At Risk In 2015 Budget

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http://breakingdefense.com/2014/01/us-dominance-major-programs-at-risk-in-2015-budget/

US Dominance, Major Programs At Risk In 2015 Budget
By Mackenzie Eaglen
on January 21, 2014 at 2:57 PM

As Washington prepares for another defense budget submission and another new strategy document, lawmakers and policymakers would be wise to step back and attempt to glean the collective impact that “change fatigue” and four years of defense budget reductions and uncertainty have caused for the US military.

The budget relief provided in the recent omnibus spending bill was simply a Band-Aid. Unfortunately, all the trend lines appear to be moving in the wrong direction. America’s waning military strength should be worrying Washington much more. Perhaps the ugly 2015 defense budget request will be the one that finally forces politicians into action.

A quick sampling of recent observations and predictions from senior Pentagon officials does not bode well.

“If we stay on the path that we’re on, I think that we will, at least in the short term until we can get back into balance, have a hollow force,” Frank Kendall, undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, said at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Science and Technology Forum and Exposition conference.


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.. "hollow force"... The DoD must be used to trillion dollar budgets.

[bemildred]

1. What dominance? 25 years ago we had some dominance. But we just lost two wars.

Other counties are politely ignoring us, or politely asking us to clean up our act.

It OUGHT to be clear by now that pissing more money down the Pentagon rathole is not the answer for us.