| starcraft said: That's actually over two thirds of nations I believe. I agree entirely with your first (main) paragraph. The USA does not need to be in a large number of the countries it is in, and as such could save enormously here. But when last I checked (which I admit was a while ago) the USA had eleven carriers in service, ten of which were Nimitz class. Nimitz is by far the most advanced carrier in service anywhere, and the nearest rival nation to the USA is Britain, with three carriers that are generally seen as second rate. They are in the process of replacing them with two much more advanced carriers, but I still doubt they'll be more advanced than Nimitz, and certainly not better than the Ford carrier you've started building. So to recap, you have eleven of the very best carriers, and most of the active carriers in the world are directly in the hands of your allies Britain and France. Even with the potential for Russia and China to launch their own carriers (you'd have too think two each at MOST and unlikely to be as advanced as the USA's) sometime this decade, eleven is just ridiculous. And you have to remember much of what some of these carrier fleets are doing now is supporting your troops overseas. If they aren't overseas, why do you need eleven carriers and supporting fleets? |
It cost a lot less to be so powerful no one would think to attack you, then it does to fight a war.
We have, and should keep, that power. What we need to fix, is stop giving people real reasons to want to attack us.
A good analogy would be if you were the strongest bad ass at school that everyone knew could pound them into sand, who just kept to your self, you would never get into a fight.
If that same guy started picking on people and taking there lunch money, one day people will start picking fights with you.
We need to keep our power. Just get out of the rest of the worlds business.
And as for Obama's attempt to make the rest of the world love us.. I don't care if the world loves us. I just want my president to make sure they won't attack us.
