Quote Originally Posted by MrShrike View Post
Can I just ask a question about the people makings comments about the need there is for the U.S. military "keeping it's edge"?

Exactly what planet are they living on?

The U.S. military currently outclasses every other industrial nations on Earth combined (or very nearly so).

We all know that the figures for it's military budget. How it's roughly equal the rest of the world ENTIRE defence budget. Does reducing that budget drastically, so that's it's say, only 5 times the total combined budgets of all the real world nations which pose the U.S. any realistic threat whatsoever, really present a danger of 'falling behind'?

I mean, fuck me drunk.
Yeah, y'know, except for the Israelis, who've been fighting the same war we have for 40+ years.

If the defense budget isn't cut, isn't Obama just another hypocritical politician? Good thing I didn't believe in change.