Unilateral disarming for the USA

            There is little doubt in my mind what this means, since I am big on definitions so even I can understand.

            In May 2012 it means doing less with less, certainly not more with less. Said another way, our USA Country is now cutting meat from the bone, not just trimming the fat.

            So the last decades of protecting ourselves and even projecting our  USA might in pursuit of our goals is now a lost opportunity.

            Let me say that another way. Conservatively, WWII was a world war because two major regional powers drug us into their wars, Germany, and Japan, and they were spread around the World. Now we took a few years to spin up enough to win the world war, and many millions died along the way during this "spin up" time. Our ancestors did a good job, given the circumstances they were presented with. And nobody got invaded either directly, or even indirectly, like by the weather spreading fallout, as an example. Yep, we were an "arsenal of democracy" back then.

            Now we are disarming because we want to, not need to.  Again, and said another way, and in my opinion, it is more a priority issue than a simple lack of funds issue in May 2012, which can happen, too.

            The consequences are pretty obvious. First, our National Defense is being reduced. Second, just the basic numbers, like numbers of ships, planes, ground equipment, and people are being discarded. So in the near future when some future leader and his hired minions ask questions like, where are the carriers, they will not exist.

            Even our ancestors tried to legislate peace through three Neutrality Acts in the late 1930's, and we all know what happened after that. Despots in Germany and Japan had another way.

            And there are still many despots around, today.

            Maybe we'll just surrender to them, maybe not. Maybe we'll have millions die while we "spin up", and pay the dollars later if we resist.

            Unilateral disarmament is not some esoteric discussion. There are real and different courses of action, and consequences to each.