[araine901]

Smaller as technology improves. we will need less men to man our ships and perform the same tasks. In WWII we had 2500+ships in the water, During the Regan years we had 600+ ships in the water. We now have 300. We have 11 CV or CVN carriers, there is not one other country that has ONE that is comparible to any of these 11. Each one of the CV-CVN's has a complement of 75-85 aircraft that can take the war to anywhere in the world within just a few days.

Can you imagine the public "Support" we would get in the middle east if we put MORE troops in Iraq? That will go over like a fart in chruch. We may need more special forces but the big army mentality is gone. Shoving bodies in front of machine guns died out a long time ago. I think the current situation requries a restrained approch. We could solve it with a sniper and a rifle or with an ICBM. Both could bring a resolution but with varried results.