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+====Despite budget cuts, our military is a beast right now. Patraues and O'Hanlon 16==== |
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+**Petraeus, David and Michael O'Hanlon. "The Myth of a U.S. Military 'Readiness' Crisis." Wall Street Journal, Aug 10, 2016, Eastern edition. EE** |
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+U.S. military readiness is again a hot issue in the presidential election |
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+constantly evolving strategic landscape. Here are some of the most pressing issues: |
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+====The pursuit of heg is inevitable – it's just a question of effectiveness. Tellis '09,==== |
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+**Tellis, senior associate at Carnegie, 9 — Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace specializing in international security, defense and Asian strategic issues, Research Director of the Strategic Asia program at NBR—the National Bureau of Asian Research, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, 2009 ("Preserving Hegemony: The Strategic Tasks Facing the United States," Global Asia, Volume 4, Number 1, Available Online at http://globalasia.org/pdf/issue9/Ashley_J._Tellis.pdf, Accessed 09-13-2011, p. 54-55) recut from Woodward** |
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+This hegemony is by no means fated to end any time soon, however |
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+foundations of its power, and securing international support for its policies. |
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+====Ineffective crisis response guarantees extinction —- a laundry list of threats are on the brink==== |
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+**Paul **Miller 11**, Assistant Professor of International Security Studies at the National Defense University, former director for Afghanistan on the National Security Council, October 17, 2011, "This is no time to cut defense," online: http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/17/this_is_no_time_to_cut_defense** |
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+The threats to us are more numerous, not less. There are two major |
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+occupation and reconstruction afterwards, and handle the delicate diplomacy with the Chinese? |