Gosh, I love you Paranoid Republicans. You're too much.
First, any economic good, or really anything good at all that happened for the last eight years was because of the hard work of Republicans, done while Bill Clinton sitting on his ass.
Then, we find out through Paranoid Internet Journalism, that the reason China and Russia didn't attack the US during Clinton's tenure in office, was because they wanted to sit back and let him undermine the military further.
Well, I guess the good thing is that I'll never think to myself, "Well, they can't get any freakin' weirder than this..." or "At least that's the boundary of their paranoia..."
Um...on the contrary, Russia wasn't real happy with us over how we handled the Balkans. That's the reason they were unhappy then, and they're a little cranky now. Clinton gracefully, without calling them an "Evil Empire", told them politely he begged to differ with their opinion, and would need to continue on with what he believed was right for the US and the world.
I guess if you want to believe they sat quietly in the background, and ignore all the statements made by Russia during that exercise, because you'd rather think they were sitting back, quietly letting Bill Clinton single-handedly destroy the military, you can.
And the idea that now they're on the prowl again, because they realize they've got a REAL MAN in the White House...oh, Lord, save us all...
And you know, Paranoid Republicans always accuse Democrats of not wanting to spend money on the military.
Well, you see, the Democrats just like to spend SMART money on weapons, not implausable Missile Defense Systems, or bombers that don't have a place in the world anymore, like B-1's.
B-2's seemed to have worked okay, they just have to fly a hell of a long way from my home state, and to fix that, DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, wheels were put in motion to build bases around the world that could be used in time of war to make for shorter flying times for the air crews when engaged in war.
Jimmy Carter should have a statue made of him in front of the Pentagon. If it weren't for his dogged insistence, cruise missiles wouldn't be at the level they are today.
It was he who first opposed the B-1 bomber as being too expensive, without a truly definitive role in the modern day field of combat, and lauded the use of cruise missiles carried by B-52's. Seems to work pretty whoopeeed good, eh gentlemen?
Now don't get me wrong. I AM a guy, and to a guy, the B-1 is real good lookin'. I definitely think we should keep a few around, just to show that the US is populated by a bunch of really cool guys, who can build really cool-lookin' planes. But if I'm a driver, I'd much rather be drivin' a B-2 into combat in the modern arena.
What Democrats have proposed instead of a Star Wars-like shield of protection that covers the nation like a blanket (which many really intelligent people doubt would ever work in the first place), is to base mobile missile platforms on ships, and position them around possible trouble-makers.
The missiles these missile-boats would carry, are a lot closer to actually working, given the technology we have now, because they would be designed to get missiles RIGHT AFTER LAUNCH, away from the US, on their WAY UP.
It's a lot easier to feed data into a missile and have it kill a missile as that missile is struggling upward against the Earth's gravity, than it is after it has started it's downward trajectory.
So let's just drop this idea that Democrats are a bunch of wussies who want to take guns out of soldiers' hands, and make them plant roses in Hillary's garden.
While you Paranoid Republicans have been dancing around peeing on yourselves, the F-22 has continued to be developed further, and incredible ideas regarding the battlefield of the future have been being realized right and left.
Manned and unmanned aircraft and armor, unmanned spy planes, etc. I think we're still working on a little thing called "Aurora," and the space shuttle has done more military investigation flights than many pure scientists would have liked.
Probably the major problem facing the military today is how to get young, intelligent kids interested in trading four years of their lives for service to their country.
Maybe if we didn't go around preaching hate for our leaders, and spending money on ridiculous weapons that won't work, but give us brownie points with old buddies who have become consultants to weapons manufacturers, we'd have some money to raise pay levels in the military, and possibly entice more young, intelligent people into their ranks.
I'm sure there's folks out there who could dredge up more ridiculous ideas that came up during the Reagan years than I can, but I think we all know there was a bunch of stuff that happened that resulted in nothing more than military masturbation.
The York Gun comes to mind. What a ridiculous weapon to name after one of our greatest heroes.
Anyway, don't fool yourself into thinking Democrats want to strangle our military. Rather, they want to make sure that the soldiers who hit the line have good, solid weapons that work, and have a good chance of improving survival.
If I were in the infantry, probably one of my favorite weapons would plane and ship fired cruise missiles, and Hellfires launched from Apaches.
So if you REALLY want to help this country, stop squeaking about people who aren't around anymore.
Start leading by example instead. I know, I know, you're a Republican, and it's easier to squeak than it is to lead, but just give it a shot for a change.
Start investigating what weapons are being proposed, and then really look into them, and see what YOU think, as opposed to what someone says.
And by spending money wisely, let's start trying to make a military enlistment, even a career, a lucrative alternative to working at a Taco Bell.
And let's start talking about the future, and the greatness of our nation, instead of continuing to talk about somebody getting a blow-job.
Hell. Maybe we should talk about getting you guys one. Maybe if you got one occasionally, you wouldn't be so obsessed with it.
Mk
