Literally the entire reason we have such a large navy, and thusly need so many naval officers, is so we could project this power across the globe on very short notice.
This is like going to a coal miner’s convention and telling them fossil fuels are going to be outlawed.
He’s telling them they won’t have a military career, just short term employment
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Literally the entire reason we have such a large navy, and thusly need so many naval officers, is so we could project this power across the globe on very short notice.
This is like going to a coal miner’s convention and telling them fossil fuels are going to be outlawed.
He’s telling them they won’t have a military career, just short term employment
It’s going to a coal miner’s convention and saying “the days of cheap coal are over, now coal is $1000 lb”.
And when the coal miners ask “won’t that lead to more people going to alternatives” replying “we will make alternatives illegal”.
Like, it’s not a material change in policy. It’s a delusional assumption of what the US is capable of imposing on the rest of the world.