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As is always the case toward the end of Leftist government, the US means to defend itself is once again in jeopardy... .
Such is, of course, the nature of those who advocate for Foreign Ideas Hostile to American Principle... and never less so, than where such subversives are elected to the office of the President of the United States.
From the Article:
"The House Armed Services Committee is warning that it should no longer be assumed that the U.S. military is either the most technologically superior or the most dominant fighting force, an assessment that comes just as the rise of the Islamic State and Russia is posing a real challenge to the United States.
“[W]ith the continued diffusion of advanced technology, U.S. military technological superiority is no longer assumed and the dominance U.S. forces have long enjoyed in the air, sea, space, and cyberspace domains is no longer assured,” the committee wrote in a report detailing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2016. “Such a security environment demands that the nation’s armed forces are agile, efficient, ready, and lethal.”
The committee said that trend is especially worrying in light of the various national security challenges that have come up in the last year. Those include “the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, growing instability across the Middle East and Africa, and a revanchist Russian Federation.”
The committee said those threats “are a reminder of the continuing need for U.S. military engagement, presence, commitment, and strength to defend U.S. interests, deter would-be aggressors, and reassure allies and partners.”
The NDAA doesn’t fund the military, but it does set policy direction for the military, and authorizes specific spending levels within the Department of Defense. The 2016 NDAA authorizes $515 billion in discretionary spending, and $89.2 billion for “overseas contingency operations.”
The overseas operations account is generally used to fund war operations, but this year, it has become controversial because Republicans are using that account to boost Defense Department funding above the cap on spending that was agreed in 2011.
The Obama administration requested a total of almost $612 billion in total Defense Department funding, and the House NDAA matches that once mandatory spending items are added.
One frustration in Congress has been the Obama administration’s reluctance to send military aid to Ukraine to help that country stave off pro-Russia insurgents, who are still receiving support from Russian forces. The NDAA, however, would call on the U.S. to send this lethal aid to Ukraine. ... .
I am pro Ukraine. I am glad we are helping them, but opposed to providing lethal weapons or being the leading force in financing their defensive war against Russia.. There are plenty of European neighbors that can do that. The point I am attempting to make is that those two things are not related. How or why we supply Ukraine has nothing to do with developing weapons to prepare for wars with our most likely opponents.1. Is it better to have a West-leaning Ukraine or a Russia-leaning Ukraine?How does donating lethal weapons to Ukraine improve US weapons development and military preparedness? How would supplying them with weapons help anyone other than American arms manufacturers?
2. If we do not provide aid to the West-leaning Ukrainian government, if there any chance of achieving the desired outcome for No. 1?
That's funny....Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional...
No, that was Ford, with Carter batting clean-up, wasn't it? And there's no escaping the idea that Carter went too far in finishing the job.Well, I don't know about every year, but certainly in 1981, as we were saying goodbye to the disaster known as the Carter Presidency.Never seen that story before....LOL Like every year for the last 60 years No, there is no other nation even close to us militarily
Carter ramped down the military after VietNam ended.
What a travesty
The Caliphate you think that they are regenerating is nothing compared to the caliphate that had all Muslim nations under their control, then came the Shia's, that fucked up the whole caliphate until the Mongols destroyed it in 1252...That's funny....Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional...
I was just thinking: "Anyone who thinks that the emergence of a resurrected Caliphate is not an existential threat to Western Society is truly delusional."
Isn't it great, how you get exposed to different opinions on the Net?
As is always the case toward the end of Leftist government, the US means to defend itself is once again in jeopardy... .
Such is, of course, the nature of those who advocate for Foreign Ideas Hostile to American Principle... and never less so, than where such subversives are elected to the office of the President of the United States.
From the Article:
"The House Armed Services Committee is warning that it should no longer be assumed that the U.S. military is either the most technologically superior or the most dominant fighting force, an assessment that comes just as the rise of the Islamic State and Russia is posing a real challenge to the United States.
“[W]ith the continued diffusion of advanced technology, U.S. military technological superiority is no longer assumed and the dominance U.S. forces have long enjoyed in the air, sea, space, and cyberspace domains is no longer assured,” the committee wrote in a report detailing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2016. “Such a security environment demands that the nation’s armed forces are agile, efficient, ready, and lethal.”
The committee said that trend is especially worrying in light of the various national security challenges that have come up in the last year. Those include “the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, growing instability across the Middle East and Africa, and a revanchist Russian Federation.”
The committee said those threats “are a reminder of the continuing need for U.S. military engagement, presence, commitment, and strength to defend U.S. interests, deter would-be aggressors, and reassure allies and partners.”
The NDAA doesn’t fund the military, but it does set policy direction for the military, and authorizes specific spending levels within the Department of Defense. The 2016 NDAA authorizes $515 billion in discretionary spending, and $89.2 billion for “overseas contingency operations.”
The overseas operations account is generally used to fund war operations, but this year, it has become controversial because Republicans are using that account to boost Defense Department funding above the cap on spending that was agreed in 2011.
The Obama administration requested a total of almost $612 billion in total Defense Department funding, and the House NDAA matches that once mandatory spending items are added.
One frustration in Congress has been the Obama administration’s reluctance to send military aid to Ukraine to help that country stave off pro-Russia insurgents, who are still receiving support from Russian forces. The NDAA, however, would call on the U.S. to send this lethal aid to Ukraine. ... .
Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional. And naturally, it seemed all but inevitable that the fear-mongering about ISIS would grip Texas first due, if nothing else, to their long border with Mexico. Now they've got another reason, if not a justification, to shoot people perceived as illegal aliens.
No, that was Ford, with Carter batting clean-up, wasn't it? And there's no escaping the idea that Carter went too far in finishing the job.Well, I don't know about every year, but certainly in 1981, as we were saying goodbye to the disaster known as the Carter Presidency.Never seen that story before....LOL Like every year for the last 60 years No, there is no other nation even close to us militarily
Carter ramped down the military after VietNam ended.
What a travesty
Not really
Our military was obsolete fighting the wrong mission. Building a Cold War arsenal was a waste of money
True.The Caliphate you think that they are regenerating is nothing compared to the caliphate that had all Muslim nations under their control, then came the Shia's, that fucked up the whole caliphate until the Mongols destroyed it in 1252...That's funny....Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional...
I was just thinking: "Anyone who thinks that the emergence of a resurrected Caliphate is not an existential threat to Western Society is truly delusional."
Isn't it great, how you get exposed to different opinions on the Net?
Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional. And naturally, it seemed all but inevitable that the fear-mongering about ISIS would grip Texas first due, if nothing else, to their long border with Mexico. Now they've got another reason, if not a justification, to shoot people perceived as illegal aliens.
We lostNo, that was Ford, with Carter batting clean-up, wasn't it? And there's no escaping the idea that Carter went too far in finishing the job.Well, I don't know about every year, but certainly in 1981, as we were saying goodbye to the disaster known as the Carter Presidency.Never seen that story before....LOL Like every year for the last 60 years No, there is no other nation even close to us militarily
Carter ramped down the military after VietNam ended.
What a travesty
Not really
Our military was obsolete fighting the wrong mission. Building a Cold War arsenal was a waste of money
Says the far left drone running the far left religious narrative.
Nixon ended the Vietnam war!
No he didn't. Watergate and the NVA ended the Vietnam War.No, that was Ford, with Carter batting clean-up, wasn't it? And there's no escaping the idea that Carter went too far in finishing the job.Well, I don't know about every year, but certainly in 1981, as we were saying goodbye to the disaster known as the Carter Presidency.Never seen that story before....LOL Like every year for the last 60 years No, there is no other nation even close to us militarily
Carter ramped down the military after VietNam ended.
What a travesty
Not really
Our military was obsolete fighting the wrong mission. Building a Cold War arsenal was a waste of money
Says the far left drone running the far left religious narrative.
Nixon ended the Vietnam war!
We lostNo, that was Ford, with Carter batting clean-up, wasn't it? And there's no escaping the idea that Carter went too far in finishing the job.Well, I don't know about every year, but certainly in 1981, as we were saying goodbye to the disaster known as the Carter Presidency.
Carter ramped down the military after VietNam ended.
What a travesty
Not really
Our military was obsolete fighting the wrong mission. Building a Cold War arsenal was a waste of money
Says the far left drone running the far left religious narrative.
Nixon ended the Vietnam war!
No he didn't. Watergate and the NVA ended the Vietnam War.No, that was Ford, with Carter batting clean-up, wasn't it? And there's no escaping the idea that Carter went too far in finishing the job.Well, I don't know about every year, but certainly in 1981, as we were saying goodbye to the disaster known as the Carter Presidency.
Carter ramped down the military after VietNam ended.
What a travesty
Not really
Our military was obsolete fighting the wrong mission. Building a Cold War arsenal was a waste of money
Says the far left drone running the far left religious narrative.
Nixon ended the Vietnam war!
No he didn't. Watergate and the NVA ended the Vietnam War.
No, because the Muslims and Arabs/Persians are not unified, they are fighting each other over a doctrine of the clergy running a Muslim nation, or a man in the lineage of Muhammad...ISIS is Sunni, they kill Shia, get the picture?True.The Caliphate you think that they are regenerating is nothing compared to the caliphate that had all Muslim nations under their control, then came the Shia's, that fucked up the whole caliphate until the Mongols destroyed it in 1252...That's funny....Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional...
I was just thinking: "Anyone who thinks that the emergence of a resurrected Caliphate is not an existential threat to Western Society is truly delusional."
Isn't it great, how you get exposed to different opinions on the Net?
Only trouble is, a new polity encompassing both present-day Iraq and Syria, as well as other pieces of real-estate, makes for a grand down-payment and start on continuing that resurrection, eh?
And, of course, such are exactly the sugar-plum visions running through their tiny little brains, yes?
Best way to avoid that? Don't let The Beast materialize in the first place, even on a more modest scale. Else run the risk of not being able to control it or kill it later.
Actually, the war Hawks escallated a war with no exit strategy and no real purpose......all for fear of the commie menaceNo he didn't. Watergate and the NVA ended the Vietnam War.
False... The Leftists in the US Congress defunded combat operations and all support for the Government of South Vietnam.
Nixon merely allowed it to happen, when he failed to exercise his due power to shut down the anti-war movement, specifically the subversion common to the leaking of the Pentagon Papers.
Of course I get the picture.No, because the Muslims and Arabs/Persians are not unified, they are fighting each other over a doctrine of the clergy running a Muslim nation, or a man in the lineage of Muhammad...ISIS is Sunni, they kill Shia, get the picture?True.The Caliphate you think that they are regenerating is nothing compared to the caliphate that had all Muslim nations under their control, then came the Shia's, that fucked up the whole caliphate until the Mongols destroyed it in 1252...That's funny....Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional...
I was just thinking: "Anyone who thinks that the emergence of a resurrected Caliphate is not an existential threat to Western Society is truly delusional."
Isn't it great, how you get exposed to different opinions on the Net?
Only trouble is, a new polity encompassing both present-day Iraq and Syria, as well as other pieces of real-estate, makes for a grand down-payment and start on continuing that resurrection, eh?
And, of course, such are exactly the sugar-plum visions running through their tiny little brains, yes?
Best way to avoid that? Don't let The Beast materialize in the first place, even on a more modest scale. Else run the risk of not being able to control it or kill it later.
There are no mega powers for Muslims..SA might be close, but they are not self sufficient in being able to provide their own military needs..That would put them on the level of Russia, which still lags behind the USA .Of course I get the picture.No, because the Muslims and Arabs/Persians are not unified, they are fighting each other over a doctrine of the clergy running a Muslim nation, or a man in the lineage of Muhammad...ISIS is Sunni, they kill Shia, get the picture?True.The Caliphate you think that they are regenerating is nothing compared to the caliphate that had all Muslim nations under their control, then came the Shia's, that fucked up the whole caliphate until the Mongols destroyed it in 1252...That's funny....Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional...
I was just thinking: "Anyone who thinks that the emergence of a resurrected Caliphate is not an existential threat to Western Society is truly delusional."
Isn't it great, how you get exposed to different opinions on the Net?
Only trouble is, a new polity encompassing both present-day Iraq and Syria, as well as other pieces of real-estate, makes for a grand down-payment and start on continuing that resurrection, eh?
And, of course, such are exactly the sugar-plum visions running through their tiny little brains, yes?
Best way to avoid that? Don't let The Beast materialize in the first place, even on a more modest scale. Else run the risk of not being able to control it or kill it later.
Whatever-in-the-world makes you believe that two mega-centers of power (Sunni, Shia) are not as dangerous - or close to it - as a single unified polity?
That's funny....Anyone who thinks ISIS is a threat to the US is truly delusional...
I was just thinking: "Anyone who thinks that the emergence of a resurrected Caliphate is not an existential threat to Western Society is truly delusional."
Isn't it great, how you get exposed to different opinions on the Net?
