That carrier had some mission goals that they met and they were lauding the achievement of the ship and crew. Bush didn’t have that put there. It makes a good meme but the argument is bullshit.

This is stunning! And smart. A surge back into their main air base will be easy to accomplish. I suppose. Wow. . .

Ah, I see. My apologies. I thought you wanted to argue and you were simply talking historical events. I would contend that carriers are more for show than actual capabilities at this point in time.

60 years ago. The Air Force was built around nuclear forces after WWII just like today they are stuck on fighters.

What did these huge super carriers do in Korea? If we need an amphibious capability I am all for that.

He is a beautiful ship though.

Tyler, you posted that dadgum B - 747 article and now my mind is running wild. There really is little need for a surface navy when a properly equipped fleet of bombers could sweep all the the world’s oceans. Unless showing the flag is really all that important.

Blow up the mosque

He’s a history guy at heart - not an attorney. And he found a willing partner in Bill Clinton. They were the last of the governing coalition types. I’m a libertarian and a conservative. I am part of a great tradition in American politics: “the leave me the hell alone strain.” But we have degenerated into two polar…

I find myself wanting to quantify my answer to argue with some things you said. I won’t. We all need to learn the difference between an enemy and an imperfect friend. And the difference between “winning” a verbal sparring match and winning our way towards a common goal.

One of the greatest House speakers in history

All good points but now we seem to want to shut them down. Seems like an easier way to do it. Who really knows what the agenda is here?

I’m glad that we finally the developed the ability to attack twitter accounts. Since cell phone towers and internet nodes are necessary to communications for ISIS wouldn’t it make sense to take these out? What would it really take? A couple of apache helicopters?

Twilight

The AC-130 is a better CAS plane.

Stealthy weapons can knock down the door as well and don’t need stealthy planes to deliver.

Yep. The BUFF doesn’t really have a defense capability. Buy a commercial freightliner (767?) and put bomb racks in it.

I get sticker shock like everyone else but commercial planes are similarly priced.

The F 35 just needs to die. We don’t need a fighter to do electronic battlefield management. What we need is an antiaircraft missile truck (plane) and a ton of F 15s and F 16s. And of course, F 22s.

Nah. Its still wrong. Republic of Korea not Republic of South Korea. I never nitpick Tyler though. And I disagree with him about a few things. But this is the best military blog that I have been able to find. By far.