RE: The Demise of the Marines?
July 25, 2014 at 4:42 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2014 at 4:50 pm by Bibliofagus.)
(July 25, 2014 at 3:14 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote:(July 25, 2014 at 12:25 pm)Bibliofagus Wrote: I'm no American, and have never been in service. But this article seems a bit alarmist to me.
1. Funding always goes down if an army has got no war on it's hands. I believe I read somewhere cutbacks by the navy historically have been a problem for the marines, but they have always proudly stuck around and bounced back. I'll try finding it. I remember it said the marines were proud of their ability to be the most usefull guys around in spite of that.
2. The article claims there is no longer a use for amphibious attacks, I disagree. Let's say ISIS wins all of Syria and Iraq and Kuwait. Let's say SA will be very reluctant to be a springboard for an invasion. And Iran just stays Iran. You'd have to wade all the way through Syria to get to the oil.
3. I think the marines have been reformed into an elite unit that can project power anywhere and anytime. They grabbed Obama, who was in a country without water.
4. I like space marines.
To me the thing reads as an advertisement to vote for politicians who like marines. The conclusion is that these politicians are the only thing that keep the core alive.
I think you meant that they grabbed OSAMA.
Oops. I did

I also didn't know SEALS were a seperate unit.