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Old 12-31-2016, 12:08 PM
 
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Those carriers really project power though. I sleep very good at night knowing that 2nd rate militaries scatter like cockroaches when an American Carrier Task force shows up.
Second rate militaries doing whatever while not on our soil isn't our problem.
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:18 PM
 
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Our last defensive war was 1812.
Hmm. Nope.

That would be 1941 WWII. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, killed 1000s, and invaded part of Alaska.
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:20 PM
 
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Second rate militaries doing whatever while not on our soil isn't our problem.

Yes it is.Sooner or later they will be on our soil and then it will be to late.
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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For the next week, and for the first time since WWII, the US has no carrier deployed to any ocean in the world.

No US carrier at sea leaves gap in Middle East | Fox News

I put this here rather than current events due to the likely budget discussion that may result, IMHO we need to get our military built back up.
I think the Eisenhower is still at sea in its Atlantic patrol area.
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:32 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Yes it is.Sooner or later they will be on our soil and then it will be to late.

Oh please, they tried to sell us that in the '60s-'70s with the ol' "If we don't fight them over there we'll have to fight them over here" fear mongering yet the only folks I see in my neighborhood wearing black silk PJs are delivering take-out.
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:34 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Maybe not spend more, but spend more wisely?

That
would be a welcome change, no doubt opposed by lots of MIC lobby $$$.
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:44 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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But will they be enough to end the bloodbath on the South Side of Chicago?
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:47 PM
 
Location: North Central Florida
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Oh please, they tried to sell us that in the '60s-'70s with the ol' "If we don't fight them over there we'll have to fight them over here" fear mongering yet the only folks I see in my neighborhood wearing black silk PJs are delivering take-out.
That just might be because those carriers are at sea.

Without power projection at sea, I have a feeling we are far more vulnerable than we have been in a very, very, very, long time.

Hopefully this is a very temporary state of affairs while some routine rotation is going on.



CN
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:50 PM
 
Location: louisville
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That just might be because those carriers are at sea.

Without power projection at sea, I have a feeling we are far more vulnerable than we have been in a very, very, very, long time.

Hopefully this is a very temporary state of affairs while some routine rotation is going on.



CN
Jokes aside, who, or what, threatens the continental US besides a sub which is a threat regardless of diligence as long as it has undersea launch capabilities?
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Old 12-31-2016, 12:52 PM
 
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Hmm. Nope.

That would be 1941 WWII. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, killed 1000s, and invaded part of Alaska.
And the Civil War.
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