In a perfect World, more exactly, a perfect United States where our Nation’s political leadership were concerned about this Nation and not themselves.  We could get our problems solved much more efficiently and faster, than what has been happening over the past twenty years.    Prior to 1990, politics was confined to a more amicable arena where the occasional extreme was a shock, and not the norm as it is today.  

      If this Nation, had politician’s who cared, this Nation would again, be the example and leap ahead twenty years in front of the World.  If the Nation worked the way it should, tax benefits and tax cuts would be across the board.  Small business would excel, inventions would excel, and prosperity would excel.  

      The following ‘needs’ require money.  American taxpayer dollars. We, the USA, waste almost all of that money sending it other Nation’s in the form of ‘aid’. To save our Nation, suspend fifty percent if not all aid for the length of four years,  and use this allocation of monies to rebuild this Nation. If other Nation’s don’t like it, then it’s proof that they are our friends only because of our money…and does that not sound familiar and true, and you know it dear reader.  Should any Nation take advantage of our situation at any time during our trials and rebuilding…..this is why we have submarine based nuclear weapons.   If you grew up in an old fashion American family, with a father and mother, you knew why that paddle hung on the wall and why you didn’t screw up and go against the home rules.

   What this Nation needs: A huge increase of uniformed police in every city, town, county across this Nation.  We need to have uniformed officers, highly visible, and able to respond quickly and in numbers if needed.  Make better sense for the officer’s safety to have more vehicles with two officers per vehicle, than waiting for back up.  Trained law enforcement eyes on the street, is the most effective way to protect and serve our public at large.  

     The Peace Corps….a Federally controlled Peace Corps is what this Nation needs.  Every natural disaster has proven this fact time and time again.  Why? Who has responded in each case…..Katrina and Haiti being the most popular cases of recent…the U.S. Military has responded.  The ‘military’ is a ‘war fighting’ instrument, and every time they and their equipment gets used for ‘humanitarian’ response, the drain and effectiveness of warfighting upon personnel and material puts our National security at risk.   

   Obama talked about a civilian security force…that is wholly wrong on so many fronts.  

   People want to be involved, get involved, do something, have a career.  Building a national force on the Peace Corps model is what needed.  Physical ability, sexual preference and practice, would be limited to only the extreme cases of societal norms and acceptance and to the ability to perform the task required.  People who have physical disabilities who didn’t qualify for military duty yet desire to serve, would still be able to have a full career in this new Peace Corps in i.e. logistics, communications, administration.     

    This new Peace Corps would be outfitted with the ships, helicopters, planes, vehicles that are phased out of military service, yet still fully and safely functional. Security for this new Peace Corps should have a minimum age limit of 40.  This because this force does not need to appear to be a youthful, military, occupier force in the eyes of the World whenever the Peace Corps deploys. 

     Our Armed Forces, need to be our Nation’s Armed Forces and not the policeman of the World which is what they have become.  Current rules of engagement has made our military into nothing more than a police force, unable to carry the fight and end the wars as our Father’s and Grandfather’s military’s were able to do.  Vietnam was the first such time that tied the hands of our Armed Forces.  Subsequent conflicts have only exasperated and continued the misuse of the Military, often and usually to the sad results of killed U.S. personnel.  The two biggest reason’s for our Armed Forces failing to achieve total victory are 1.) Politicians 2.) Media-Press. 

    War is not pretty, war is the failure of diplomats (politicians) in the performance of their duties to keep the peace.   Any time our Armed Forces engage an enemy and/or opposition, the final and only option is the destruction of that enemy no matter the path to that objective.  That means collateral damage. No real member of the U.S. Armed Forces wishes to harm innocent people, and as Americans themselves, they would and always have listened to their own conscience, and sought ways to kill the enemy and spare the innocent.  Sometimes, especially in combat and war, it is unavoidable. This fact must be admitted to by our political establishment if our military is to ensure their own safety and lives.  

     The Armed Forces must continue it’s current path of consolidating and streamlining itself to face the coming challenges that lay ahead.  The reality of a growing China, a resurgent Russia, and combined Nations such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Boliva, and maybe even Brazil, present large scale military challenges to our own National Security.

     Our Carrier, Wings, and Division numbers must not be reduced any further without risking the possibility of foreign forces assaulting the Continental USA over the next twenty years.  

     We must as well, begin to bring more of our military assets closer to ‘home’ and not have them strung out all over the World.   Technology and political winds are changing at such a rapid pace, it puts our military at risk that are in ‘deployed-stationed’ areas overseas.  B.E.V. will start a ‘thread’ on ArmChair General discussing this possibility to get other input and thoughts.

      Our Nation needs…..our politicians to quit choking the American Business community and let the flow of freedom rebuild this Nation.

*Additional thoughts added this evening:  The USA has a huge number of men mainly, that have joined private security company's after getting out of the military.  These men, and women, would best serve this Nation if allowed to join the Border Patrol and ICE/AFT by the Federal Government boosting the numbers in all of these organizations.  As well as police forces across this Nation.