Return to Article: Rumsfeld defends supplemental, proposed program cuts
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If the med carriers where so great in Libya, why did we fly from Great Britain to attack? Why didn't the planes attack from the med carriers? Why do we fly from Missouri (B-1s) to attack IRAQ if the med carriers are so great? We really do need carriers but far less than twelve - I think eight(that is six on patrol and two in for repairs) is when we start to question the numbers.
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Cut the aircraft carrier fleet in a time of war? Is the Navy crazy? Aircraft carriers are often the only way to project power to many of the world's trouble spots, as has been demonstrated again and again in times of crisis. We cannot always count on having bases near potential flash points, or depending on allies to give us access to their bases (remember the French, who refused to let our F-111s from England fly over France enroute to bomb Libya in the 1980s, forcing them to make a long detour over the Atlantic Ocean? Meanwhile, planes from carriers in the Mediterranean were on the scene to provide a quick and effective reponse). Also remember that in the first Gulf War, aircraft carriers provided the first line of defense, until our troops and Air Force could get to Saudi Arabia. What is the alternative, to have B-52s from the US make 16 hour or more round-trips to bomb targets on the other side of the world, with several aerial refuelings and resultant crew exhaustion? Keep the carriers, they have proven their worth time and again in a dangerous world!
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