Clinton was wrong in dismantling the military. What should we do now?
I’m not trying to say that if Clinton had been president after 9-11, that he would have gone into Iraq. Clinton did say that; “Saddam must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons”. And Clinton actually did go into Iraq in “Operation Desert Fox”, saying; “Earlier today I ordered America’s armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq’s nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors,”Clinton also stated that, while other countries also had weapons of mass destruction, Hussein is in a different category because he has used such weapons against his own people and against his neighbors. Click here for more.But I’m not trying to say that Clinton would have gone into Iraq in the way that “W” did. I’m just trying to say that now we know that: The Clinton Administration was wrong to dismantle the military.Reasons to agree:
- Clinton decreased military personnel by 500,000.
- Clinton decreased military spending by about $50 billion a year.
- Under Clinton the U.S. Army lost four active divisions.
- Under Clinton the U.S. Army lost two reserve divisions.
- Under Clinton the U.S. Navy lost almost 80 ships.
- Under Clinton the U.S. Air Force saw its active personnel decrease by 30 percent.
- Under Clinton the Marines’ personnel dropped by 22,000.
- We need more troops than we have in order to win a war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is about the size of Military that we should have. Weather Bush 1, Clinton, or Bush 2 were right or wrong in their actions in Iraq, we need to have the capacity to win the war that Bush 2 tried to fight. It was wrong for the Clinton administration to dismantle the military.
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Ralph Nader will help McCain if you know what I mean.
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Under Bush, the war has cost the US the following;
• $275 million per day
• $4,100 per household
• Almost 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed and more than 60,000 wounded
• 700,000 Iraqis killed and 4 million refugees
So what’s your point?? Clinton cut spending, no soldiers were killed and we had a surplus in the end? Again, what’s your point?
February 23rd, 2008 at 4:11 am
The Clintons detest the military, CIA and FBI. And have you forgotten the attacks while Clinton was in office?
~On 26 February 1993, a car loaded with 1,200 pounds of explosives blew up in a parking garage under the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring many others.
~On 13 November 1995, a bomb was set off in a van parked in front of an American-run military training center in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians.
~On 25 June 1996, a booby-trapped truck loaded with 5,000 pounds of explosives was exploded outside the Khobar Towers apartment complex which housed United States military personnel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing nineteen Americans and wounding about three hundred others.
~On 7 August 1998, powerful car bombs exploded minutes apart outside the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people and wounding about 5,000 others.
~On 12 October 2000, two suicide bombers detonated explosives next to the USS Cole while it was refueling in Aden, Yemen, blasting a hole in the ship that killed 17 sailors and injured 37 others……….
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:59 am
You need to back up to Bush 1 to see that military drawdowns began under him.