King was an Anglophobe. I have no doubt he'd be almost smiling right now.JimC wrote:The US will now ignore the Atlantic and Europe, you're on your own, chaps.
The Pacific has finally won out. Admiral King will be chortling in his grave...
And the Pacific Fleet will continue to protect Oz, as long as there are Bondi babes of negotiable virtue (or better still, enthusiastic amateurs...)
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
Not militarily. The Russians just have to turn the gas tap off and we'll be ass licking the Kremlin.Eddie wrote:Might be true, from what I've heard they're leaving Bondsteel, and leaving it under EU command... Dunno about other bases in Europe, but I recon Europe doesn't really need protection does it?
You still got our destroyers?Clinton Huxley wrote:Does this mean we get those bases in Bermuda back?
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
Had to scrap 'em, they were junk.Gawdzilla wrote:You still got our destroyers?Clinton Huxley wrote:Does this mean we get those bases in Bermuda back?
When politicians talk about peace it is time to start worrying.TonyBelch wrote:China warns US on Asia military strategy
China's state media have warned the US against "flexing its muscles" after Washington unveiled a defence review switching focus to the Asia-Pacific.
In an editorial, official news agency Xinhua said President Barack Obama's move to increase US presence in the region could come as a welcome boost to stability and prosperity.
But it said any US militarism could create ill will and "endanger peace".
Mr Obama also plans $450bn (£290bn) in cuts to create a "leaner" military.
Thousands of troops are expected to be axed over the next decade under the far-reaching defence review.
The defence budget could also lose another $500bn at the end of this year after Congress failed to agree on deficit reduction following a debt-ceiling deal in August 2011.
Mr Obama said the "tide of war was receding" in Afghanistan and that the US must renew its economic power.
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You could have declined them in that case.Clinton Huxley wrote:Had to scrap 'em, they were junk.Gawdzilla wrote:You still got our destroyers?Clinton Huxley wrote:Does this mean we get those bases in Bermuda back?
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
TonyBelch wrote:Are we in some sort of time warp here or have I missed a memo?Clinton Huxley wrote:When Horse Guards starts cutting my gold braid and frogging allowance, that is when I shall man the barricades.
The US has spent an average of about $500 billion per year on defense for the past 20 some odd years. So this cut is about $50 billion per year, or 10%. Not dramatic, but a step in the right direction.tattuchu wrote:By the way, five hundred billion over ten years doesn't seem like quite enough to me. How much did we spend in this Iraq clusterfuck fiasco alone? Wasn't it trillions?
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