Counsel for the Defence sais
We have been reading the news over here in the UK about the US national debt in the trillions of dollars with President Obama struggling to find ways of reducing it. Inevitably, the question of defence spending raises its head but for the US that doesn't seem to be an option on Capitol Hill !
And yet I read today that the Commander of US forces in Afghanistan is telling his troops that they may not get paid.
The sad truth is that the country is broke and cuts have to be made but I have always thought that recuctions could be made in a more sympathetic manner by , for example , reducing battalions to company strength and combining those companies to form battle groups this would achieve two ends , recduction in manpower and preservation of regimental traditions and pride.
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