Re: Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers

On Thu, 3 Apr 2025, Retrograde wrote:

On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 23:15:22 -0400
Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
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The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000
active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting fiscal pressures at
the Pentagon and a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe
and counterterrorism, according to three defense officials familiar with
the deliberations.

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It's not totally insane, although it's probably not super smart
either.  Apparently the White House has decided that if Russia wants to
overtake the rest of Europe Trump&Co will let that happen and not give
a shit.

Europe has more than enough resources to defend itself against russia, so Trump is right when he says that american support is not necessary.
Europe has 450 million people against russias 150 million. That's outnumbering them 3 to 1.
In addition, the economy of europe is about 12-15 times bigger than russias.
The only thing europe does _not_ have, is the will to defend itself. That will, will be quickly found if russia takes over a european country or two.
I am not in the least afraid of russia, if the US withdraws. I am rather more afraid that the EU is on its way to become a soft dictatorship with increasing surveillance and anti-piracy laws, and that the population will be reduced to tax-slaves with tax rates hitting 70%-80% or more.

The next war will be in the Pacific and it will involve the Navy, Air
Force, missiles, and drones.  Not an Army of land-based troops.
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Expect to see other parts of the military ramp up in kind.
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