Official: U.S. Military Superiority Isn’t Guaranteed

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http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/02/03/official-u-s-military-superiority-isnt-guaranteed/

Official: U.S. Military Superiority Isn’t Guaranteed
By Brendan McGarry Monday, February 3rd, 2014 9:57 am
Posted in Sequestration

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer told lawmakers that the U.S. is investing in advanced weapons for potential use in the Asia-Pacific region, but that American military technological superiority isn’t guaranteed amid budget cuts.

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ConcernedEuropean nails it with his comment:

ConcernedEuropean February 3rd, 2014 at 2:55 pm

It’s time to put this tired dog out of his misery. The US isn’t what it was and will never be again. Thank Reaganomics, and the disgusting culture he ‘re’introduced. After FDR and countless other presidents nearly whiped out that plutocratic way of life, their ilk still regained the upper hand. About 7 out of 8 most recent blog entries have been about how incredibly INcompetent US contractors are, and how pos quality their product is, and the 8th blog reminds us how well they get PAID for sticking it up without vaseline. It’s truly disgusting. Thankfully Americans are at their core a good people, however half is brainwashed, and the economy will always be resilient. You just need to put this tired, raped dog of a military industrial complex to bed, and steer that give or take 1 trillion a year into education, infrastructure and r&d. I can’t even imagine how INefficient those defense dollars are. Talk about a LOUSY return on investment. Meanwhile, the rest of the world can actually design and manufacture RELIABLE and sensible equiptment for far LESS money.

This is the conclusion of what happens when top defense contractors have sex with elected officials, they get more money and develop less and less. A 15 billion aircraft carrier? Really? We can’t all see the waste in that one? And UNreliable at that. Funny how that goes. The US should embrace the multi polar world, and be more like what Brazil will be: a giant economy with a tiny military. It didn’t do you any BAD before ww2 did it? Huge economy, by far the biggest, and a SMALLER military than hungary. Everybody left you alone (give or take some intra– American skirmishied) and you guys did very well for yourselves. Let others fight it out.

And for all the pseudo-intellectual hate I will recieve: the US is protecte by 2 oceans and 2 friendly (weak) neighbors. Don’t let Tom Clancy F with your head. If anything, we Euro’s made a perfect bed for you a couple hundred years ago, and colonized the single most naturally protected piece of geography in the world, AND full of resources. Just gtfo, go home and take your ball with you. This is painful to see.

[Scuba]

1. I guess we need to double our military budget, eh?

Would that make you feel safer?