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the previous administration tried to get the military to do more with fewer people. that worked for a while, but then we had to actually fight a war. we spent the 90's closing bases and giving severance pay to soldiers who elect to leave early... and we complain about the current President when we're short on troops.
training a division of soldiers isn't like ordering a pizza. it's a major operation that requires millions in equipment and infrastructure on top of the task of finding adequate people to fill those positions.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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