5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Be Scared by the Plan to Downsize the Army

[Savannahmann]

12. We spend more than the next eleven countries combined.

We could cut our spending in half, half mind you, and still spend more than the next five countries. So unless we're worried about a coalition of nations that are planning on attacking us, and I think there would be some press on that one giving us time, several months, to consider our options, we should be fine.

We have more aircraft carriers than everyone else combined. We have 19 including our Helicopter Assault ships, and the rest of the world has 18. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_in_service

We have more fighter aircraft than China, Russia, and India, combined. Are we expecting to be attacked by a Chinese, Russian, Indian alliance? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_in_service

By any metric except number of people in active duty uniform, we are number one. That is an honor I don't want, and I think the first thing we need to do is slash everything by half. Half the Army. Half the Air Force. Half the Navy. Slash it and then start more considered approaches to what is left.