It will be the same "stuff" we've heard before. "Starve the Beast" meaning cut social programs but leave the bloated Defense Dept untouched. We've got to defeat Joe Wilson and the four "twits" Graham and DeMented in the next election.

Published on Lex Patch back in Oct. Still valid, my opinion
------------
Close all bases in the Pacific except Okinawa and South Korea. Japan hasn't been threatened for decades.
Close all bases in Europe except Mildenhall, England; Rota, Spain; Ramstein, Germany; Aviano, Italy and Incerlick, Turkey. That gives a good spread worldwide. Keep open the base in the South Atlantic.
Reduce NATO to an operational/coordination HQs.
Reduce the 234 intelligence agencies to 12. Most of them just regurgitate what the original points are anyway.
Reduce the Pentagon 30%.
Retire everyone with 25 years service. No firing, the last we want is to throw more people out of work. Promote younger people.
Freeze all salaries for grade 04 and above and E7 above for 5 years. Keep pay raises for grades less than that.
Freeze salaries in GS12 and above for 5 years.
With our air force we can deploy within 24 hours anywhere in the world. And with our carriers we can project power anywhere in the world.

We would still be the most powerful military in the world but we would start to get a handle on the Debt without threatening Social security. Maybe we could afford single payer health care like every civilized country in the world already has.
Reply Delete George Grace
11:35pm on Friday, October 7, 2011

I meant to add get out of Iraq and Afghanistan almost entirely.
Leave one Air Mobile Brigade with drones and Special Forces in Afghan or Pakistan.
Let intell have time to do its slow work but when they get a terrorist target, like Bin Laden, Strike.

You have to ask - where are the threats?
Europe and the Med, not a problem - Europe can handle that fine.
SE Asia - protect Taiwan with a Carrier, keep bases in Okinawa and South Korea. We don't need any anywhere else. Thailand, Vietnam etc aren't threatened and won't be. China has no interest.
If China threatens anyone it will be north to Siberia where there's space and minerals. Not our problem.

Protect Israel. Keep Incerlick, Turkey. That surrounds Iran. Handle them like Israel handled Osiraq back in '86 (I think).
Close all other bases, get out of Afghanistan, Pakistan. They have their own history, let them work it out.
Obama's cooperative armed response to trouble spots, like Lybia, is the right way to go. All countries have a military, let them contribute, build coalitions. As long as we take the lead everywhere, do everything for everybody other countries will let us - no cost for them in blood or treasure. Especially Saudi Arabia - they must be laughing in their beards. Let us do eveything.

We already know Joey's agenda some more campaigning. No new ideas continue the obstructionism and pander to the mushroom tea taliban. Thats it nothing to see here folks move along.