tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post1404195413360288163..comments2024-02-12T08:00:26.602-05:00Comments on Circumlocution for Dummies: Are you ready for some...zorconghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08653215875149647209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-56143540509168578862011-07-27T21:01:29.790-04:002011-07-27T21:01:29.790-04:00And AFRICOMM, er, CENTCOMM or whatever they call i...And AFRICOMM, er, CENTCOMM or whatever they call it. Still babysitting Somalia and all of the other Islamic radical hotbeds. <br /><br />The only countries we should be patroling are the ones yet to give up all of our MIAs.zorconghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653215875149647209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-4770773144536715502011-07-27T20:57:23.884-04:002011-07-27T20:57:23.884-04:00Wow! Down to 11 carriers? I missed that.
Worldwid...Wow! Down to 11 carriers? I missed that.<br /><br />Worldwide, there aren't many left. Last I read, Britain still had 2, France still had 1 and I think I read that India had one doing sea trials. <br /><br />China retrofitted a decommissioned Soviet carrier that rusted away in a Black Sea port for years, which is not yet ready for sea trials. I thought is was in the 65,000 displacement range. Not sure.<br /><br />Plus they were trying to retrofit the two Kirov-class boats, the Kirov and the Kiev. They were tiny, though. Displaced something like 45,000 tons and relied mostly on fuel-eating harriers for air cover. <br /><br />Anywho, thanks for the update.<br /><br />Sorry to hear about Chief Norm. He was always nice to me.zorconghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653215875149647209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-15463009304627335482011-07-27T07:20:54.728-04:002011-07-27T07:20:54.728-04:00"Pull out Afghanistan and Iraq. Yemen, too.&q..."Pull out Afghanistan and Iraq. Yemen, too."<br /><br /><br />How about "and Germany, Korea, Japan and _____ " as well?<br /><br />Why on EARTH do we need to "protect" these wealthy nations? From whom are we protecting them anyway? Well I suppose you could make the case that we need to protect Korea from Korea, but I'm thinking that any country that could design and build a car like the new Sonata is probably capable of defending itself.Stephen Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875675557468649926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983676585397674198.post-33460113959649202012011-07-27T00:21:18.711-04:002011-07-27T00:21:18.711-04:00Just a minor correction. We already are down to 11...Just a minor correction. We already are down to 11 carriers. And after her next deployment the Enterprise will be taken out of service with no replacement.WBFF088https://www.blogger.com/profile/08420955264602570315noreply@blogger.com