Yes I understand vehicles can't be out there 24/7 and they have to be brought back to port for repairs and refits. But again why do we need to have 24/7 coverage. That's too much you want us to be the world's policeman.
Because freedom of navigation is a 24/7 operation....do you think pirates will not be out there when we arnt around?
The founding charter of the USN literally mentions protecting world trade aka freedom of navigation
It also let's others see the specs of our tech. You can argue it would be better to keep them guessing.
if we stagnate and get complacent we will lose anybadvantage we have.
Yes our tech is so far ahead right now.
But in 20 years if we don't make sure we are ahead we may nit be anymore and that is not good.
Because believe it or not, our adversaries would gladly make sure we are isolationists
Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? You are claiming they are enemies and saying we have to stop their empire building. But who decides what an enemy is? Many don't seem to have a problem with our "allies" empire building, to be honest weakening the British Empire sounds better since the British could actually be a threat to us with Canada at our north.
.....yes our oldest ally is going to try and invade us with one of the weakest militaries in all of NATO....
Who isn't technically underneath them anymore and can operate by themselves....
None of our allies are starting wars to claim territory as thier own for them to have breathing room between them and an adversary.
They are our enemies because they have made it a point to teach thier entire population to hate us and despise us.
North Korea? Has games for thier kids where they stab bales if hay painted as Americans.
China is teaching its kids to hate America and want to see it destroyed.
Russia has been feeding its own people that we are a threat to them just for existing.
iran literally has chants fir death to america.
The Houthis flag has death to America on it!!
So with Russia I was asking what would be the consequence of them defeating us in war. And are you saying that if we lose and fail to protect Ukraine they won't be our allies? That makes them sound like not good allies and maybe we should dump them.
i am saying if we let Ukraine fall, our allies in europe, not necessarily Ukraine, will not see us as capabke of helping them, and potentially willing to negotiate with having Russia be thier buddy buddy, and even letting NATO countries get given to russia to apease the bear.
Or the other possibility is that Ukraine falls, Poland and the Baltic states gear up for war because Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania would not be able to do whta Ukraine did, and NATO may not be able to react in time and now Russia has 4 mkre countries under its claws.
poland is not almost completely surrounded by Russia and we are getting closer to the USSR returning....
No you don't understand at the end of the day the National Guard obey the federal government. I'll give you an eample. You are in the Federal Army and the President orders you to launch an attack on another nation you will obey that right? It doesen't matter if it's an Arab shithole, China, Russia, hell even if it was a former ally like the UK or France. If it was a legal order you'd follow it right?
the guard only obeys the fedd if the governor allows them to be activated on title 10 orders... learn how yhis works....
and what is the reason? Them saying it is legal doesn't mean it is legal, and are we at war, we're we attacked? Was congress involved?
And we wouldmt attack UK....maybe france but they might deserve it.
because they are literally a ling standing ally.
unless they attack us we wouldt attack them because that is how it works.
or if an ally calls for aide against one if them....
Now if the Governor of the California national guard orders his guardsmen to go invade some part of Nevada or whatever. Even if its a "legal" order that won't be followed the Federal Government will have things to say. National Guardsmen won't fire on federal troops or other states national guard.
the governor can use his troops how ever he wants. Ifbhe wants tobinvade another state sure.
national guard troops are and are not apart of the federal chain or command. Because national guard troops are not federal troops. Thier command and chief unless on active orders, is thier governor. They have thier own state leaders and everything.
If NG and Federal troops get into a fight si be it.
Federal government can only force NG into being federal under certain circumstances. Most states don't turn it down because more money and training for thier troops.
The state has to approve the use of thier soldiers....
This isn't some thing where the NG are all federal being loaned to the state. No, national guard are strictly states having thier own armies that the feds get loaned to them every now and then
That and the very public inventories of Guard Armories are often several weaponry generations behind the actual military. I've seen Korean War era relics in the Alaskan Guard depots and that's because they were selling them to make room for the shiny new equipment your Federal government approved the purchasing for.
Yep. Remember Guard got Abrams last only because the federal government FINALLY decided to gove it to them. The state was paying for everything else.