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UNITED STATES POWER

UNITED STATES POWER. Economic GNP—$16 trillion Budget $3.6 trillion 300 million people 8 % unemployment 2 % inflation—declining interest rates 0 % growth for 2013 $1.5 trillion deficit 2013 $10 trillion deficit for 10 years. US Military Power.

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UNITED STATES POWER

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  1. UNITED STATES POWER • Economic GNP—$16 trillion Budget $3.6 trillion 300 million people 8 % unemployment 2 % inflation—declining interest rates 0 % growth for 2013 $1.5 trillion deficit 2013 $10 trillion deficit for 10 years

  2. US Military Power • 1.4 million uniformed services—overseas 350,000 • World wide deployment—70,000 Europe; 150,000 Middle East; 6,000 Kosovo; 6,000 Bosnia; 30,000 Japan; 30,000 S. Korea; 60,000 Afghanistan • Proposed Changes—10 years; 70,000 reduction from Europe, Korea, and Japan • 300 ships—12 carriers—18 nuclear firing subs—note 18 X 24 X 8 • $800 billion FY 2013 DOD budget; 3.5 % of GNP, lowest since 1940; 15 % of national budget • $100 billion cuts anticipated over next 10 years

  3. Geopolitics • US neighbors, Canada, Mexico • Two safe, friendly oceans • Contrast, Saudi Arabia, 8 hostile neighbors • Contrast, China, 12 hostile neighbors • Iran, surrounded by US forces • Russia—bordered by China, Muslims, Europe (Germany)

  4. US Ideology • Lincoln—”Last best hope of man” • Constitutionalism—rule of law • Democracy—one person, one vote • Separation of Powers bicameralism (House 435), (Senate 100) 240 R; 195 D House; 47 R- 51 D -2 I Senate; federalism, judicial review

  5. Last Superpower • 1917 Soviet Revolution • 1923-53 Stalinism—the Gulag • 1985—Gorbachev (glasnost, perestroika) • 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall • 1990 Reunification of Germany • Xmas 1991—collapse of the USSR • Lost ideology, nation, empire, economy

  6. Recent US Wars • War Capabilities: • 1991 Kuwait, 100 days • 1999 Kosovo, 100 days • 2001 Afghanistan, 21 days • 2003 Iraq, 17 days

  7. Combat Losses • Comparison: Mexican War, 16,000; World War 115, 000; World War II, 330,000; Korea, 35,000; Vietnam, 58,000; Gulf, 100; Kosovo, 0; Afghanistan, 2,000; Iraq, 5,000;

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