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POLSCI 111Gerard ChretienIntroduction to American GovernmentMay 15, 2001MILITARY DEFENSE POLICYDear Mr. President,As a proud American and veteran of our great armed forces, I strongly advocate that you initiate a radical policy regarding the maintenance and strategic welfare of our nations forces. The current conditions of our military machine are not in sync with the needs of the 21st century challenges and objectives. There is numerous issues that need to be addressed such as new weapon development, increase in pay, consolidation of various programs, review of oversea deployment policy and so forth.Currently you are aware that your predecessor (malignant Bill Clinton) and his judiciary have not developed any policy to upgrade our forces during his presidential tenure. Having served in the military, I can say from personal experience, that our forces need a dire infusion of new weapons and strategic programs that would do away with inefficient and obsolete ones. Our men and wom en, who wear their proud uniform, represent one of Americas or so treasured assets, thus their needs must be held to a high standard.During the Clinton era, for that matter, since the end of the Reagan era, defense spending has been systematically reduced across the board (omitting the disconnect War). This type of reduction leaves our armed forces inadequately supplied with resources to combat issues that affect the U.S. domestically and abroad. The current status must be overhauled and restructured.You may feel that as a result of the Cold-War ending and the majority of America feeling the need to expand our military is not necessary, I urge you not to ride the same hang back of thought. Having rogue states still capable in constructing weapons of mass destruction (e.g. Iraq) and host of other states that despise our way of life, its imperative, now more than ever, that we stay militarily capable and ready to defend Americas interest.Now there is many who believe that the United States should down grade military production because of several(prenominal) factors. First, the United States is the remaining super-power in the population, a threat from an antagonistic country like North Korea or Iraq seems ridiculous and very remote. Secondly we have the worlds most productive economy, allowing us to build and purchase anything that fits our interest. Last and most importantly we have and sustain the most terrible armed forces cognise to man. Such factors leads us to believe that military spending is futile in age of peace time and further more, Americas most dangerous rival (Soviet Union) is no longer a threat, but a cooperative diplomatic engaging state.