Reducing The Military
With the end of the "Cold War" America’s armed forces are too large
and
expensive to maintain while in an era of peace. The roles of the military
has
changed, and the United States has come to the conclusion that military
might no
longer means having the larger force. Politicians have initiated the
closure of
bases, the reduced production by defense contractors, the decrease
in military
and civilian personnel. The actions taken to reduce the military
has left
dwindling numbers, and this must be changed to ensure that the U.S.
military
continues to be a mighty super power. The idea of a smaller military
was not
even considered during the "Cold War", but today the treat to America
is at
a all-time low. This has sparked politicians to restructure the forces
and
reduce the spending needed to maintain those forces. These reductions are
based
on the budget spending what is not cost effective to the U.S. and the
public.
The cost cutting needs to be done, without too large of an effect
on the
employed personnel, whether military or civilian (O’Rourke, 2). Though
the
reductions in the forces still needs to be made, careful monitoring of
the
amounts of The reductions in personnel have gone past the recommended
limit set
Congress, and have created a greater need for personnel. If a
conflict were to
happen to day, the U.S. could only send four heavy
divisions, compared to the
seven sent during the Gulf War. This greatly
decreases America’s ability to
thwart an attack from several different
countries at one time. This idea of
sustaining several conflicts at one time
has been a major Because the U.S. is
the last great superpower, it is a very
large target, and when involvement is
needed to aid others the forces are
diminished the ability to be an effective
deterrent. Analysts have seen an
increased demand for the continued policing
actions that the U.S. plays a
major part in. Congress has also cut spending on
defense technology, which
has caused defense contractors to make cutbacks in
employees. 1.3 million
jobs have been cut since the employment peak of 1987.
This has caused
increased inflation, and has hurt the economy of United
States.
Reconstruction of the spending on the technology needs to equally
dispersed
through the market to even out jobs for all defense companies.