Bear - 2020-09-09 2:11 PM

We have about 800 military bases around the world.  
China has about 20.  
Russia has about 5.

I'm guessing we could trim that number down by half and still have 16 times the military bases that China and Russia have combined.  
This is what Trump is talking about when he says we've been suckers.  Ronald Reagan once said, "The closest thing to eternity on earth is a government program."  He was right, and the vast military installations we have around the world is evidence of this.  With today's technology, we can hit a flea in the ass with a smart bomb or missile within a few hours from right here in the US.  We can deploy a strike force to anywhere very rapidly.  We can still have military bases around the world and do the job we need to do, if the need arises.  NATO can step up, and so should the UN.  For decades now people have been rightfully crying out that we cannot be the police force for the world.  
Recently it was announced that China has replaced us as having the largest navy in the world.  How can that be when we spend over $700 billion per year on national defense, and China spends about $200 billion?  In fact, we spend more on military than the next 10 countries combined, so again I ask, how is it that China has overtaken us as having the largest navy in the world?  I'm guessing that the quality and technological capability of our navy exceeds theirs, but still, isn't that alarming?  Seems to me we could trim an awful lot of fat, and actually be better.

bayonetquarterhorses - 2020-09-11 6:06 AM

Just read that Trump isn't nominated after all. The nomination was a forgery. Apparently the same forget tried this last year. 

Bear - 2020-09-11 3:53 PM

Where did you read this?

Here's the deal, and I'm guessing you might find this disturbing.  In addition to brokering the peace treaty between the UAE and Israel, and everything else I previously cited, it was just announced he brokered a deal between a Bahrain and Israel.  

Nobody ever thought we see this, and to think Trump, of all people, was the guy to get it done is driving his haters insane.  

I would probably faint if he actually wins the Nobel prize, but when you compare what Obozo did to what President Trump did, it's a joke.  Even Obama himself doesn't know what he did to earn a Nobel Prize. 

bayonetquarterhorses - 2020-09-12 9:18 AM

I std.cprrected his 2018 nomination was forgered. 

Bear - 2020-09-11 2:53 PM

Where did you read this?

Here's the deal, and I'm guessing you might find this disturbing.  In addition to brokering the peace treaty between the UAE and Israel, and everything else I previously cited, it was just announced he brokered a deal between a Bahrain and Israel.  

Nobody ever thought we see this, and to think Trump, of all people, was the guy to get it done is driving his haters insane.  

I would probably faint if he actually wins the Nobel prize, but when you compare what Obozo did to what President Trump did, it's a joke.  Even Obama himself doesn't know what he did to earn a Nobel Prize. 

Frodo - 2020-09-13 6:10 AM

.....these peacemaking efforts which Nancy Pelosi refers to as simply a "distraction."   Yep, might be a little resentment floatin' around in that old brain.