Speaking of maintenance, Ronnie Raygun was a proponent of deferring preventative maintenance to save money for tax breaks. Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) rounds have reduced the number of facilities available for dockside maintenance, making the problem even worse. Obviously W’s Iraq War was a disaster for overall readiness. It was an unnecessary war that strained resources while Rumsfeld was slicing and dicing the military including the Guard and Reserves.
You’re probably right about the current Resident looking to divert attention from his ‘high crimes & misdemeanors’ with a war. There are no “adults” left to provide order and the GOP Congresscritters have traded their souls and consciences for knee pads.
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“lip-locked to he” –> “lip-locked to his”
“it is en the” –> “it is on the”
If Trump is told that the only way to stay in office and avoid going to jail is war with Iran….
Interesting times we live in. By the Chinese definition. Eeep.
]]>Maybe the THAAD is to protect US resources? The Patriot system is for SCUDs, and not terrible effective at that role. As Arte says “interesting, but stupid”. The Saudis had better have paid in advance. They aren’t any better at paying their bills than Trump.
Rumsfeld started the penny pinching that has led to several failures. There aren’t enough people on board to handle routine maintenance. Sea water isn’t kind to metal ships, and sea air isn’t good for electrical or electronic equipment.
]]>The THAAD is designed as a defense against ICBM’s & TBM’s. So, unless the Saudi’s are planning something that will make someone with those weapons want to nuke them, THAAD is useless. It only has a relatively small defense range (claimed as 200km radius), one THAAD can only defend a specific area. Be interested in what that area is.
I don’t know if the claim about the USS Harry S Truman being unable to sail is true (or half-true), as given the Navy’s history (especially since the Shrubbery) of poor maintenance of it’s asset’s, it certainly could be true. It’s one thing the USA has in common with Russia now anyway.
“Velly interesting… But stupid!” (2nd time this Month I’ve had reason to use that famous Arte Johnson quote in his role as Wolfgang in Laugh-In.) 😉 😀
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