Military, Army and War - Military Down Sizing and the Fall of a Great N

army Down Sizing The Possible Fall of a Great farming America is one the most powerful nations in the world. Being a strong nation includes having a strong war machine as easy as economy. As one can observe, the U. S. economy is growing by leaps and bounds. However, the military is being imbibe sized, and if we do not do something most it, it will continue to be down sized until we have an configuration up force that will no longer be capable of defend this great nation. Not only will this down sizing sham our ability to protect ourselves, it will also cause a unattackable loss in economic strength and power abroad. Because military down sizing lessens our power abroad, opens the United States up to a possible invasion, and hurts our economy, the military must be maintained in order to ensure a strong, healthy nation both abroad and on the home apparent motion for many centuries to come. Military down sizing is increasing at a rapid rate. This down sizing is primarily due to budget cuts. Since the outpouring of Korean war spending in 1953, military spending has declined in twenty-five of the last thirty-seven years. The build up for Vietnam was short and followed by an equivalent build down. The Carter-Reagan buildup was longer but smaller than the one for Vietnam, and is shortly being succeeded by a new build down (Brauer 299). If biography keeps repeating itself, the United States military will continue to build up and then hinder this build up with an even greater build down. As a result the U.S. sustains a weaker more vulnerable fortify force. The militarys inability to provide its men and women with sufficient transportation is also a problem caused by budget cuts. Many military trucks represent technolo... ...must forever be ready for the least expected. Works Cited Brauer, Jurgen, and Manas Chatterji, eds. Economic Issues of Disarmament. untested York new-fashioned York University Press, 1993. Federation of American Scient ists. Ed. Marcus Corbin. The New Threats Argument. February 2000. 27 February 2000 <http//www.fas.org/pub/gen/mswg/msbb/new.html>. Hinkle, Jeffrey J. Funding the New, better the Old holds the Future for Tactical Trucks. National Defense 82 (1997-1998) 32-34. Kaminski, capital of Minnesota G. Building a Ready Force for the 21st Century. Defense Issues 11 (1996) 1-4. Rosello, Lieutenant Colonel Victor M. Predicting the Unpredictable. Military Review 75 (1994-1995) 127-129. Sandler, Todd, and Keith Hartley, eds. The Economics of Defense. New York Cambridge University Press, 1995.