Obama's Military Cutbacks

[Yoko]

In a perfect world, all of the things that you stated will be true. However, this is not a perfect world. I have not done any research on this topic or Obama's views, but let me give you a little insight on what potentially could become of America.

Canada And the US have both decided on these cut backs. One thing I fear more than most things is that America will come out looking like nothing more than a peacekeeping country like Canada. God bless Canada and all, but if anything were to happen to us, we'd be sitting ducks. Our main faucet for military supplies comes from...none other THAN, the Unites States. Places like Canada rely on their military to help ours. If the US were to become a peacekeeping nation, We'd all be done for. (Conspiracy theory alert-You wonder why Obama is trying to get places like Russia and Korea to get rid of their war heads? Hahaha. K. /CT)

What would you think of an All-Volunteer Military force? I wouldn't join that. Myself being a big supporter of the Mil and having friends in the Canadian and American Military. It would kind of makes me look down upon them. What the hell is Obama thinking? Does he think that's seriously going to work? Would people still risk their lives if they're not getting paid? I won't even mention the health care issues with this policy. There are plenty of pissed off military men/women with that one.

You really think he's going down the right path Michael? He's ruining his ****ing country before his term is over. He's even convinced Canada that his plans are a good idea. The military cuts over here could potentially lead to another hiring freeze (They should have already imo), but I don't think a place like America can afford something like that. Not to mention that third world countries still need military assistance. The US military isn't just there to fight. They are there to help.

As a side note, Obama has agreed to not run for the next election. What does that tell you?

[Michael Swayne]

Let me first just point out that I was asked to write in favor of the policy. What I actually think does not matter in this situation. What my personal opinions of the current government's decisions makes no difference in what I was asked to do. I am going to do my best to state the case of those in favor of the topic. With that said, I will now respond.

R.Kyra, Paragraph #3:
An All-Volunteer Military force may mean a smaller enlistment number, but it weeds out those trying to make a quick buck. The ones who still want to protect the country would be doing it because they care about the safety of the country, and not for monetary gain. As I do not know President Obama personally, there isn't any way that I can answer your question as to what he is thinking by him doing what he is doing. I would hope that he strongly believes that the policy will work, and therefore puts as strong an effort in making it work.

R.Kyra, Paragraphs #4 and #5:
As I said in the beginning of this post, what I believe doesn't really matter because I was asked to write in favor of the policy. As such, I have to agree that the policy is a good idea (though my personal opinion may or may not be the same). I do agree with you that the military is in certain places to help instead of fight. But all I have read is that the policy lessens the military presence throughout the world, not completely eliminates it. And as for Obama not running for re-election, I did read that. However, the sites where I read it said that they were just joking when they wrote that he wasn't running. I have also read that he is just now officially running for re-election. Regardless, whether or not he is running should probably be best discussed in another thread.