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Originally Posted by les green01
got to agree with Jim on this one especially how folks over there like to slam the old US then when their fat is in the fire they start screaming for us
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Take for instance when it was mentioned we should leave NATO unless some European countries ponied up at least the minimum set contributions to NATO defenses. Oh the mocking laughter and great wailing and nashing of teeth over that one.
Anyway, unless there is some catastrophic failure which degrades U.S. capabilities to maintain its hegemony in the region we are not going anywhere no matter what the freeloaders say. As for this idea of broken supply chains and limited natural resources are affecting U.S. military material readiness. I have to ask then what the hell are we spending $850,000,000,000 dollars on every year?
Personally I don’t think our problem is so much material readiness, the more pressing is recruiting and retention of personnel.