Comments on: Bush To Increase Military http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/19/bush-to-increase-military/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: The American Mind / Bush Considers Increasing Military http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/19/bush-to-increase-military/comment-page-1/#comment-52729 The American Mind / Bush Considers Increasing Military Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:22:54 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/19/bush-to-increase-military/#comment-52729 [...] Sheer numbers won’t better chances for victory in the Long War. If the new manpower comes from just infantry or people to run high-tech weapons those resources will be wasted. The mix of active vs. reserve has to be examined. More has to go for military police and civil affairs. Conservatives like myself cringe at nationbuilding, but that’s the name of the game. Iraq isn’t a failure…yet. (The failure has been securing Baghdad.) Lessons have to be learned because in the future failed states will be needed U.S. help. It could be a North Korea that imploded after decades of totalitarianism, Iran finally shaking off the mullahs, or African states crushed by famine and disease. Those failed states need to be integrated into the globalized core or they’ll become havens for Islamist terrorists. Any military buildup needs to put emphasis on establishing security and government to encourage economic growth while also projecting firepower. [...] [...] Sheer numbers won’t better chances for victory in the Long War. If the new manpower comes from just infantry or people to run high-tech weapons those resources will be wasted. The mix of active vs. reserve has to be examined. More has to go for military police and civil affairs. Conservatives like myself cringe at nationbuilding, but that’s the name of the game. Iraq isn’t a failure…yet. (The failure has been securing Baghdad.) Lessons have to be learned because in the future failed states will be needed U.S. help. It could be a North Korea that imploded after decades of totalitarianism, Iran finally shaking off the mullahs, or African states crushed by famine and disease. Those failed states need to be integrated into the globalized core or they’ll become havens for Islamist terrorists. Any military buildup needs to put emphasis on establishing security and government to encourage economic growth while also projecting firepower. [...]

]]> By: A Blog For All http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/19/bush-to-increase-military/comment-page-1/#comment-52724 A Blog For All Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:56:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/19/bush-to-increase-military/#comment-52724 <strong>A Matter of Size and Mission...</strong> How big a military is needed in these troubled times? How many thousands more troops are needed beyond the figures set forth by Congress and the Army? Are we going to need a million troops to handle the various threats that are on the horizon (and th..... A Matter of Size and Mission…

How big a military is needed in these troubled times? How many thousands more troops are needed beyond the figures set forth by Congress and the Army? Are we going to need a million troops to handle the various threats that are on the horizon (and th…..

]]> By: Stop The ACLU http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/19/bush-to-increase-military/comment-page-1/#comment-52722 Stop The ACLU Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:49:27 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/19/bush-to-increase-military/#comment-52722 <strong>Bush to Expand Size of Military...</strong> All those cheering the Baker report will be quite disappointed with this development. I think this is a very wise decision to increase the overall size of the military. Bush says he hasn’t decided what we are doing in Iraq, that this is the ge... Bush to Expand Size of Military…

All those cheering the Baker report will be quite disappointed with this development. I think this is a very wise decision to increase the overall size of the military. Bush says he hasn’t decided what we are doing in Iraq, that this is the ge…

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