So apparently the USA is saying that because of military cuts in Britain the two countries will no longer be 'married' with their armies. Whilst at the same time the USA says they couldn't fight two wars at once any more due to weapons etc price increases.
Maybe they could separate via anullment? Maybe not, the USA have fucked our troops up the arse enough times as it is..
From Britain's perspective I'd encourage the separation. I doubt we'd have wasted our time in Iraq or Afghanistan if we weren't 'married' to the US Army.
The wheel turns slowly from radicalism to the mainstream ...
In 1965 Malcolm X wrote:America is subsidizing what is left of the prestige and strength of the once mighty Britain. The sun has set forever on that monocled, pith-helmeted resident colonialist. Britain's superfluous royalty and nobility now exist by charging tourists to inspect the once baronial castles, and by selling memoirs, perfumes, autographs, titles, and even themselves.
In 1976 Gen. Scratchley Brown wrote:They're no longer a world power. All they've got left are generals, admirals, and bands.
In 2014 Robert Gates wrote:What we’re finding is they won’t have full spectrum capabilities and the ability to be able to be a full partner.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
iAmCaffeine wrote:So apparently the USA is saying that because of military cuts in Britain the two countries will no longer be 'married' with their armies. Whilst at the same time the USA says they couldn't fight two wars at once any more due to weapons etc price increases.
Maybe they could separate via anullment? Maybe not, the USA have fucked our troops up the arse enough times as it is..
From Britain's perspective I'd encourage the separation. I doubt we'd have wasted our time in Iraq or Afghanistan if we weren't 'married' to the US Army.
We'll sure be glad not to have to worry about 'friendly fire' so much.
There's a popular saying that the Russian Navy has been on the verge of collapse for the last 300 years. If you drop a zero, that seems to also describe predictions of the U.S.' collapse. Drop another zero and it's the euro currency. People tend to predict the collapse of things they want to see collapse without much attention to realpolitik.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
_sabotage_ wrote:Come now Chang, you give us the moral authority and wow power of a prince in combat, that must be worth something?
Every empire has it's day,Britain's was some time ago,gotta be a realist..
When do you think the US's will be (or was), out if interest?
The US has been pre-eminent since 1945,reaching their peak with the long planned for downfall of the USSR,which curiously didn't usher in a period of further US strength.When they are overtaken and by whom is anybody's guess,but any observer can see it is a hopelessly divided nation whose best days are history.No rash predictions here..
I think Cameron had a pretty good point in that he said the US is the world's #1 economy and has the #1 defense budget; the UK is the world's #8 economy and has the #4 defense budget.
In FP today it said the final level of the U.S. (active) army after the drawdown is finished is going to be 420,000. If the UK army is 120,000, it appears it's 20% larger than the U.S., adjusted for population. The funding difference, it seems, comes from the UK's reliance on off-the-shelf weapons while the U.S. insists on custom-everything. The U.S.' insistence on custom weapons requires a base of foreign customers to subsidize R&D which is probably the benefit of the NATO standardization process, it creates a stable of forced-customers in Europe. The U.S. has a vested interest in making sure European defense budgets are kept artificially high so that they can maintain their corner on the whole arms market, instead of having to specialize in just a few systems like other big weapons exporters (e.g. Sweden and naval artillery).
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
_sabotage_ wrote:Come now Chang, you give us the moral authority and wow power of a prince in combat, that must be worth something?
Every empire has it's day,Britain's was some time ago,gotta be a realist..
When do you think the US's will be (or was), out if interest?
The US has been pre-eminent since 1945,reaching their peak with the long planned for downfall of the USSR,which curiously didn't usher in a period of further US strength.When they are overtaken and by whom is anybody's guess,but any observer can see it is a hopelessly divided nation whose best days are history.No rash predictions here..
Who would be your guess?
the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it- Albert Einstein
_sabotage_ wrote:Come now Chang, you give us the moral authority and wow power of a prince in combat, that must be worth something?
Every empire has it's day,Britain's was some time ago,gotta be a realist..
When do you think the US's will be (or was), out if interest?
The US has been pre-eminent since 1945,reaching their peak with the long planned for downfall of the USSR,which curiously didn't usher in a period of further US strength.When they are overtaken and by whom is anybody's guess,but any observer can see it is a hopelessly divided nation whose best days are history.No rash predictions here..
Who would be your guess?
Most pundits think China and it's hard to disagree,but they have their own problems for sure.They are exerting a lot of influence over developing countries in Africa especially,ie empire building.Will be interesting to see how the party manages rising domestic expectations and dissent.
_sabotage_ wrote:Come now Chang, you give us the moral authority and wow power of a prince in combat, that must be worth something?
Every empire has it's day,Britain's was some time ago,gotta be a realist..
When do you think the US's will be (or was), out if interest?
The US has been pre-eminent since 1945,reaching their peak with the long planned for downfall of the USSR,which curiously didn't usher in a period of further US strength.When they are overtaken and by whom is anybody's guess,but any observer can see it is a hopelessly divided nation whose best days are history.No rash predictions here..
Who would be your guess?
Most pundits think China and it's hard to disagree,but they have their own problems for sure.They are exerting a lot of influence over developing countries in Africa especially,ie empire building.Will be interesting to see how the party manages rising domestic expectations and dissent.
You seemed so sure before.
the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it- Albert Einstein
