Then another war would do us good, huh?
"Military shift may shield N.E. jobs; Technology needs expected to rise" by Bryan Bender | Globe Staff, January 23, 2012
“Even in a downturn there will still be pockets of winners,’’ said Todd Harrison, senior fellow for defense budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington think tank....
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Where's my piece?
To highlight the greater role of air and naval power, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta over the weekend made a special trip to the USS Enterprise off the coast of Georgia to affirm the administration’s commitment to maintain a fleet of 11 aircraft carriers, despite the budget pressures.
Is that the same USS Enterprise that is now going to be sacrified in a false flag operation? Going to have to replace one soon?
Yup, this IS "a last-ditch effort to head off a major global war and indeed an extinction level event.... a nuclear WW3, all to please itty bitty Israel."
“Our view is that the carriers, because of their presence, because of the power they represent, are a very important part of our ability to maintain power projection both in the Pacific and in the Middle East,’’ he said....
And if someone sunk one, well.... off to war we go, right?
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Also see: The Engines of the Massachusetts Economy
Obama keeps it running:
"Obama outlines new military strategy for US; Efforts will focus on Asia, Pacific region" by Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker | new york times, January 06, 2012
WASHINGTON - President Obama outlined a broad new military strategy yesterday, one that refocuses the armed forces on threats in Asia and the Pacific region, continues a strong presence in the Middle East, but makes clear that US ground forces will no longer be large enough to conduct prolonged, large-scale counterinsurgency campaigns like those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Meaning we are just going to bomb from offshore and on high.
In an unusual appearance in the Pentagon briefing room, Obama put his mark on a military strategy that moves away from the grinding wars he inherited from the Bush administration and relies more on naval and air power in the Pacific and the Strait of Hormuz as a counterbalance to China and Iran.
“Now, we’re turning the page on a decade of war,’’ Obama said in his prepared remarks....
To another decade or war, not that any of us will be around at the end.
His strategy embraces hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to the military, making it an awkward codicil to the uneasy relationship he has shared with the military....
To that end, Obama wrote, his administration will continue to invest in counterterrorism, intelligence gathering, cyber warfare, and countering the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Obama arrived at the Pentagon early yesterday to describe the new strategy with his defense secretary, Leon E. Panetta, and with General Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Officials said it was the first time in history that a president had held a news conference at the Pentagon.
He said the country needed to remain prepared. “We cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past - after World War II, after Vietnam - when our military was left ill-prepared for the future,’’ he said. “So, yes, our military will be leaner, but the world must know - the United States is going to maintain our military superiority.’’
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Panetta has made clear that troop reductions should be carried out carefully, and over several years, so that combat veterans are not flooding into a tough employment market and military families do not feel that the government is breaking trust after a decade of sacrifice, officials said.
All the lies and mistreatment of the soldiers after they are no longer useful has destroyed the trust, and I wouldn't worry about reductions with WWIII on deck.
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I'm really not seeing much change, sorry.