Due to the budget constraints of the US military, the United States Army is cutting back on its Future Fighting Force initiatives. This is a complete mistake and at least one economic philosopher has noted; "We Cannot Maintain a Military Preparing for Past Wars!" This is very wise and yet, this comment did not come from Carl von Clausewitz, rather it came from Ludwick von Mises. Of course, it's not like he had to say something in this regard, as it should be totally obvious and that is why we have the future fighting force initiatives in the first place.
We are making a huge mistake if we do not work to make ourselves better using the most advanced technologies known to man. The United States should be on the leading edges of his technologies and be ready for those future wars, fighting terrorists or preventing the smuggling of nukes. We must be prepared for future wars. Not because we wish to go start wars, but because we have a duty to our citizenry to protect the American people. Despite what most people think the federal government's number one responsibility is to protect the American people, and everything that comes after that is ancillary, it's an elective.
When we listen to the current administration talk about how we will spend money in the future, it amazes me that people do not understand the reality of life on earth, and how humans can actually behave. We too often assume that everyone around the world is going to be nice and reasonable. That's just not going to happen. Further, the amount of transfer technologies we get from our military are indeed astounding. The Internet, medical prosthesis, nuclear power, microwaves, etc. in fact, the list is so long that you'd almost need a dictionary to write it all down. Please consider all this.
Lance Winslow - Lance Winslow's Bio. Lance Winslow is also Founder of the Car Wash Guys, a cool little Franchise Company; http://www.carwashguys.com/history/founder.html/.
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