If you squint, you can infer appropriate measures to realign capability to threat. SecDef Gates came in and got very busy axing programs, and incompetent generals alike. (flying nukes across the US without control) F-22, the Marine’s EFV, and more were targets he successfully prosecuted. He also prosecuted the LSRB,…

I will. Not so much on the historical context, TBH, I don’t know enough about that, but:  
Who in their right mind would lift a finger to do something about that? Geography alone would describe defeat for anyone trying to wrest Tibet from China. (so: India) Fighting the wrong way up the Himilaya’s makes fighting in…

You are absolutely not interpreting his argument in good faith.
I also wonder just how ignorant you are of this geopolitical situation; one need not invoke the WEST COAST of America, Australia & Japan. The geopolitical terms are First, Second & Third Island Chains

Splitting hairs. China is making direct claims over land in international waters. We’re the hegemon, they’re a competitor. If we do not respond appropriately, faith in our ability as hegemon will be eroded. At the end of this road of feckless non-decision-making, lies war.

The analogy doesn’t matter, the realpolitik…

We did pay the bribes, for many years, and it amounted to a ludicrous 1/6th of the Federal budget.
That’s like taking the ~$600B+ we spend on the defense budget in the last few years, and giving it directly to ISIS so they won’t cut off the heads of Americans. Or to Iran/Norks so they don’t build nukes.
(I mean it is…

We’re not on a war footing, it’s merely a high operational tempo.
A tempo which is one of the reasons why we are not at war with anyone: there remains no doubt the consequence of war with the US & US Navy — defeat. When that starts getting fuzzy, start worrying about war.

As long as adults remain in charge of our…

It is 3 times the aircraft types, after all.

A manufactured impeachment crisis will guarantee a manufactured impeachment of the next Democratic POTUS, whenever that may be.

Just looking further forward than 2 feet in front of our collective noses.

Anyone who’s gotten into the barefoot running / VFF’s divined this simple fact in very short order. Everything is hard as hell & paved (concrete, gravel, indoor tile floors) and you start eschewing the heel strike — even while walking, not just running.

After distastefully joking to a crowd of Puerto Ricans devastated by Hurricane Maria that they were taking up too much of the budget,

You may have misunderstood me: it’s greatest asset is it let’s us know who the idiots are. (or in this case, spiteful, misanthropic partisans)

I love freedom of speech, too.

If versus actually happened.

... so what does this have to do with cars?

This is the exact type of headline I expect from the Left these days, or the New Segregationists.

Between Iggy & Cash Me Outside girl, can this haven of Leftists admit to themselves that the greatest violators of “cultural appropriation” are in fact on YOUR side of America’s cultural divide?

Those 2 white girls aren’t exactly College Republicans.

That’s actually neat, although there’s still the problem of infrastructure at the individual level. YMMV, but apartments and parking garages generally afford someone nowhere to plug in. That’s a legitimate barrier to entry. (military barracks/billets[enlisted housing] are another example)

Although the Navy base in San…

I’m pretty sure a $2000 POS can make it out of Florida, too, for what that’s worth.

What are you, the humor police? Also: