re: #6 ProBosniaLiberal

I would like to withdraw from the Persian Gulf and most of the Middle East.

However, we should stay in the Balkans. We don’t know when Serbia will re-start their persecution of the Bosnians and Albanians. The onus is on them to prove they won’t. Until then, we stay. Not to mention, I would rather not have the US go isolationist again.

We need to be smarter with our military. There are enough projects that should be cancelled because of bloat. Like the F-35. Or the DDX and the Littoral Combat Ship. Many of the current procurement projects could actually damage the military, for more than what we currently have.

Given the need to retire the Oliver Hazzard Perry class of frigates, we need the Littoral Combat Ship; it cannot be dispensed with and its worked out most of its problems.

The F-35 is something we should buy if it can work properly.

The DDX became the DDG1000 and only 4 will be built. That program has already stopped, save only the completion of the hulls already laid down.