Iran to build aircraft carrier!

[magicstix]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

Well we have to feed our military industrial complex, the one General Ike warned us about in a speech on his way out, from his presidency in the 50s.
Heck your 100% right.

But 700 +plus bases worldwide......It saddens me honestly, so many people here struggling, only to build useless f35 engines we won't use. But Cicero said that money is the sinews of war, or something like that. (at least until China and Japan say "enough")

One day people will be playing a war game about us in our time.

The problem isn't so much that we're spending, it's that we're not getting our money's worth.

The F-22 would be an incredible platform... IF IT WORKED.

The DDG-1000 isn't worth it when the Navy wants more DDG-51s instead.

The F-35 is a great idea, but it's being poorly executed.

The LCS has limited use since all of its modules have been cancelled, so why are we still running the program or not funding new modules?

Like it or not, at the end of the day, the US military *is* the world police. Unfortunately we have a large number of countries benefiting from world stability who will not or can not contribute to its upkeep.

Just look at the EU in Libya. They begged for US support, couldn't get it, and executed a weak plan that they couldn't logistically support. Look at the fact that they almost ran out of ordinance!

Ultimately, our military industrial complex provides a lot of skilled jobs at home, but we can't afford to be as wasteful as we are.