Quote from: Not Comms Officer on May 15, 2015, 02:31:56 AM

I would not be in a state of mourning if they were dismantled or checked in influence.

They're up in arms over here in the UK at the moment because the new Business Secretary (who is also Member of Parliament for my constituency, funnily enough) is introducing rules that would require at least 50pc of unionised workers take part in voting for a strike before the result can be considered legitimate.

He's also making it so, in emergency services, 40pc of the 50pc minimum requirement must vote for action before it can be taken. Unions are all like "muh industrial action".

Fuckers.

Quote from: King pesto on May 13, 2015, 06:06:51 PM

American hegemony and force projection are part of why this country is as powerful and successful as it is. You don't remain the leading player in geopolitics without maintaining a military edge.

I will agree that having good equipment is a good thing to have but do we really need to be buying things that we don't need? We're still buying tanks that the majority are not going to be used and our jets are far better than those cold war era jets or jets from back water countries that we have been fighting. We can go years with the size we have now and the tech for them. If anything just update that things we have now every year or so.

The chances of another world war happen are slim. Even if one does break out and nukes are not involved it's most likely going to take place in Europe again since that's where most of the world powers are at. Lets say Russia does start something we have our allies in Europe to back us up if we get involved.

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Given what we've got, I'm very glad it's the US wielding the biggest stick, and not China or Russia. I'm not very keen on seeing either of them climb to the top of the pile, and I would think you'd feel the same way.

If China wanted to they could wage one hell of a war in Asia and Europe. They have over one billion people living in that country so military age people would be far greater than anybody else. If anything is keeping people in line it is nukes. Why risk invading a country that has them are starting another world war when there's the chance of being nuked?