“The first panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permeant ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”- Ernest Hemingway
New Ships for an Impossible Mission: The Marines Stumble Again
Yesterday I discussed the reasons why we need to dismantle and close down the United States Marine Corps. One of those reasons is the Light Amphibious Warship (now called the Landing Ship, Medium, LSM), a small landing ship which would ferry small Marine units...