Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Obama aims to reassure Asia allies - CNN.com









This situation to has me worried, sometimes people say I worry to
much but the problem I see here is not whether the United States would
be there to support our allies in Asia and Oceania because we will be
there for them if the need arises, what I am currently worried about is
this is also the administration that says they plan to reduce the United
States military manning levels to that they where at prior to World War
II and now this is when this is all going down.



Not
only are we still occupied with al Qaeda as demonstrated in Yemen this
week, we are also fighting al Qaeda all over the world, now we have the
Russian annexation of Crimea and troop build up by Russia along the
border with Ukraine and then finally China starting to work out a blue
water navy for themselves, trying there best to become the second world
power.



Because of China trying to modernize their
military, especially building that blue water navy, we are starting to
move more units away from the Middle East and back toward Asia and the
South Pacific as we where prior to World War II our military is
beginning to become more wide spread around the world than ever before.
Then you add the normal training requirements for every unit in the
United States military.



Here is the problem I see, we
are currently providing more and more military presence in large numbers
around the globe, yes places we have been at one time or another. Asia
and the Pacific prior to World War II, every continent during World War
II, Asia during the Korean War and the Vietnam War and then the Middle
East during the Gulf War and Operation Enduring Freedom and we have
always had a presence in Central and South America.



Now
here we are 2014 and President Obama wants to cut the size of the
military but beings we are the only super power, like it or not, we are
expected to have other nation's backs in every corner of the world all
at the same time.



In no way do I think the United
States should back out of any kind of alliance (as long as our ally is
not the aggressor). We must stand by the nations we vow to be there for,
I just think that President Obama, who can't be president again
anyways, needs to stop thinking about which ever democratic candidate
may be running for his office here in the future, the democrats need to
stop thinking about that as well and start supporting our men and women
in uniform, the thought of reducing our military puts shivers down my
spine.



If the United States keeps going the direction they are and what they are doing those in uniform
by cutting benefits and reducing size which will increase the amount
and length of deployments our volunteer military isn't going to get
enough volunteers and those that do will not want to stay to make the
military a career. Basically a post Vietnam War military before
President Regan took over. 



Obama aims to reassure Asia allies - CNN.com

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