Quote Originally Posted by pvebber View Post
Or is he falling victim to outdated thinking? Should he be stating what we want the Pacific security picture ot look like in the future and work back from it? Should he decide what that future picture might be? Can anybody or any group? If we can't state a desired future picture for a region like the Pacific, where does that leave the Warden strategic mandate?
In this case it is neither. The Admiral (very correctly) realizes he is reporting to a bunch of Politicos who's major concern is getting reelected. So the best thing to do is get all the hardware you can and try to be prepared for as many differnat situations as possible.

IMO, the solution(s) to the China (Pacific region) are Economic not military and we are very weak in that area and will probably remain so as long as we keep believing in this "Invisible Hand Economic Stuff."