@Morganfreeman Yeah, but you're talking about a war with boots on the ground in a foreign land with infinite geographical advantages for the home team.

Do not underestimate the Chinese they have very advanced subs that may be better than ours and their army is very well trained and has compontents similar to ours. They have copied our f35 fighter from our papers. They are futher advanced than the Russians.

@Marine Definitely not underestimating either the Russians or the Chinese. A war between us and either of them or both of them would be devastating to all involved. Even though we have a stronger military technology wise, it's not by a mile. There would still be great loss on all sides. I actually think a war between all of those parties would end with nukes if it's to trump the others economies long term in the name of resources like oil that aren't known exactly when they will run out. New oil fields are becoming discovered less and less every year. We probably still have a few decades, but that's not that long, relatively.

You have some good valid points but your attitude really destroys any credence you might have had.

@TimP yes your right. I'm so sick of people who read fake news and repeat it as truth. Sometimes, I don't think anybody reads anymore. A lot of people are like booster antennas for propaganda they heard on fox news. So, my bad attitude is for them

Your comments are so true however I still believe in forward deployment. They the government wastes so much like killing the A10 fighter plane which is one of the most respected fighter planes ever made. Then trhey will start a program to replace it costing billions and divert money from the Navy that needs some money that could come out of the proposed budget. They have supplies in ware houses that they are ordering new material for and this is just waste.They need an outside audit to see where this money is being spent and hold these Congressmen and women accountable.

@Marine I was amazed to hear the Army's audit revealed they couldn't account for $1T. And what do they do, give them more money? I guess it just isn't as easy to waste money on ships as it is on airplanes.

We're not in debt because of spending, we're in debt because we don't force wealthy Americans to pay a tax on all their wealth. Also, the wealthy investors in weapons corporations like Raytheon will begin to hate ear if they have to pay for wars from their own pockets, for as of now, those wealthy investors are the sole beneficiaries of wars. The poor and middle class should pay no tax. As we are not represented in the federal government.

The only reason is the investments of the billionaires will never let us remove them and the base serves as a forward deployment toward Russia since we are going to lose Turkey soon.The latter is very upset with us supporting the Kurds. The SA is the only base in the area then .The other airbase in one of the stans will close if we depart Afganistan.

@Marine Come on Marine! FOOTSOLDIER wars are a thing of the last Century. Unmanned Delivery is the present. I was stationed in Stuttgart after 13 US military bases (kasernes) in the area were reduced to 3. Used to had 200,000 ready to go troops in that Bavarian area alone. We are not going to occupy russia or china, nuke them maybe but ocupation wars in a large country in the other side of the world no longer is viable.

@GipsyOfNewSpain The base in SA is an airbase not a forward deployment of troops so it will be for those unmanned deliveries that you mentioned>

@Marine Roger that. The saudis with money always buying some slave to do their dirty deeds for them.