quote:Originally posted by midknightrider:
I agree...we are in a mess. The statement"we could cut our military budget in half and still have the most powerful military in the world" is subjective. 600 million Chinese might not think so. While it's true that if we cut military spending in half, we would still be spending more money, and be better equipped, and have a technological advantage, that doesn't automatically equate too most powerful.
As I said earlier, even if we could cut military spending to the bone, we'd have a lot farther to go. And now that people are used too them, cutting pensions and social programs would be tougher than cutting military spending.
Mid,
How could 600 million anybody cross the ocean and get here if we didn't want them to?
Heck, we have an invasion of 15 Million Mexicans, and we're just now getting to the do it/don't do it line. OK, most of the Mexicans are not hostile to us, so accuse of me a poor analogy, but you get the point.
We and China are not going to war any time soon. Neither are we going to war with Mexico.
With whom are we going to war?