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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 08:00 PM

Feb 2014

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Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level [View all] ProSense Feb 2014 OP

Until next time... Lost_Count Feb 2014 #1

IF this takes place... which I doubt.... 1awake Feb 2014 #2

Proposing it is a good place to start. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #6

I don't agree with you on much these days 1awake Feb 2014 #8

That's OK. "These days" are all about being anti-Obama. ProSense Feb 2014 #9

No, your not. 1awake Feb 2014 #64

We'll see... blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #3

Considering how much of our military "might" is comprised of mechanized technology... theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #4

Robots. Drones. Octafish Feb 2014 #21

Johnny McC ain't gonna like this one bit. pangaia Feb 2014 #5

Yeah, but is he the only one? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #10

Cutting the MIC...let the concern trolling from the faux Left begin!!! nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #7

It's an election year. ProSense Feb 2014 #11

How much is the budget for our mercenary/private armies? Does anyone know? sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #13

Yup. FUD'ers gotta FUD...nt SidDithers Feb 2014 #15

We pay mercenaries now, that's who is still in Iraq, 'private armies' and sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #12

Absolute nonsense. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #16

Well, that's informative. Are you denying that we are paying Blackwater 'contractors' sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #17

This ProSense Feb 2014 #19

Are there 'contractors/mercenaries' in Iraq or not? Simple question. sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #20

I said it was nonsense. Is that hard to understand? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #22

Congressional Research Service Says Otherwise wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #25

No, it doesn't ProSense Feb 2014 #31

We are outsourcing everything else, why not the military. They don't want to have to sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #34

'108,000 Private Contractors in Afghanistan' sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #28

When did Afghanistan become Iraq? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #32

When did cutting the military mean hiring mercenary armies in their place? Your OP was about sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #36

When did Afghanistan become Iraq? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #40

President Obama thanked ''civilians'' for their "sacrifices" and ''service'' in Iraq. Octafish Feb 2014 #23

I was just told that it was nonsense for me to point out that we now have sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #30

You know what's hilarious ProSense Feb 2014 #38

I know you don't want to talk about the money being diverted from the military now to private sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #41

Apparently, announced cuts to the military seems to be causing some to panic. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #43

Actually if there WERE cuts which would be passed on to taxpayers rather than Private Contractors sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #44

"Feel free to show how we the taxpayers will benefit from "shrinking the military", financially." ProSense Feb 2014 #45

You still haven't addressed how cuts to military personnel has anything to do with sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #48

Here's the title of the OP: Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level ProSense Feb 2014 #49

I haven't noticed any debate at all, other than the rolly poly guy which has come to sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #67

Actually, ProSense Feb 2014 #69

You should have read the article rather than just the headline. Still no answer sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #71

You're blaming the article for the bogus claim and your continuing to debate yourself? ProSense Feb 2014 #72

I'm not even trying to debate you, just using your thread to inform sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #74

LOL! Denial is strong. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #75

No response to your questions, I see. woo me with science Feb 2014 #59

LOL! ProSense Feb 2014 #60

What the hell does that have to do with my point? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #33

What was your point? Cuts to the Pentagon budget? If so, this has everything to do sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #37

LOL! Need more posts? ProSense Feb 2014 #39

Does this mean you didn't have a point? That's fine, we do and are more than willing sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #42

Your point was wrong. Octafish Feb 2014 #62

No, it wasn't, and your post was completely and undeniable irrelevant to my point. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #63

Shows that mercenaries were thanked for their ''Service.'' Octafish Feb 2014 #65

Nothing to do with my point. Nothing. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #66

Thank you, Octafish and Sabrina, woo me with science Feb 2014 #46

LOL! ProSense Feb 2014 #47

Well, it's an election year. I expect we will see a lot of things that look like sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #50

"...from past experience, I believe we are all a lot more wary and questioning than we once were." woo me with science Feb 2014 #61

Blackwater no longer exists.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #78

Know how many Private Merc corporations we are paying with tax dollars? sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #79

I don't care.....a "journalist" would know that Blackwater is Xe.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #80

So would any ordinary DUer, like me. Are you confused?? I am not a 'journalist' nor ever sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #94

I have never claimed to be a journalist.....but I knew about it... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #95

You got proof....got some figures... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #81

Yes, how about you? I have already posted, in this thread, information on sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #93

If you bothered to read BEFORE you respond to me....you would see that we were all discussing the VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #96

It's called Academi now, actually. alarimer Feb 2014 #83

well it is certainly not blackwater.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #98

The cuts in our military will be shifted to private contractors............ rdharma Feb 2014 #77

I wonder if this is setting the stage to eventually down the road Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #14

It does make a bit of sense. Xithras Feb 2014 #24

Yeah, and what makes the Marines the superior choice (or so I've read) Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #26

Works for me! nt oldhippie Feb 2014 #18

where will all those who are purged find work? grasswire Feb 2014 #27

Drones JJChambers Feb 2014 #29

Not just drones...driverless trucks... CJCRANE Feb 2014 #73

This is the kind a change we voted for. Coyotl Feb 2014 #35

Good for America, bad for the Democrats. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #51

That is conventional and conservative politics RobertEarl Feb 2014 #58

Not exactly true headline sarisataka Feb 2014 #52

Did you adjust for inflation? jberryhill Feb 2014 #53

No. I don't have populationsfigures handy sarisataka Feb 2014 #55

I was kidding, you know jberryhill Feb 2014 #56

. sarisataka Feb 2014 #57

A DUzy. nt flying rabbit Feb 2014 #92

It will be ProSense Feb 2014 #54

K&R.. not exactly Cha Feb 2014 #76

It's a ProSense Feb 2014 #84

And, ODS is a myth on Cha Feb 2014 #87

Yeah, ProSense Feb 2014 #89

Right! "maybe no one will Cha Feb 2014 #90

Here's a ProSense Feb 2014 #91

As long as you don't actually look at what they mean when they say "Pre-WWII level". Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #68

"If anyone but you had posted this it might be worth discussing..." ProSense Feb 2014 #70

There has been changes for needs for the US protecting oil supply for the world, it is Thinkingabout Feb 2014 #85

lol, indeed! Purveyor Feb 2014 #82

That'd be cool if they were measuring it in dollars. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #86

Then how are we supposed to stop Zombie Hitler and his corps of elite reanimated Nazis? Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #88

Just another draw-down agent46 Feb 2014 #97