By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Sep 27, 2007 22:34:59 EDT
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE LITTLE CREEK, Va. — To listen to Vice Adm. John Cotton, chief of the Navy Reserve, the world is flat but gone to hell. Who gets to fix it? The ever-shrinking U.S. Navy, of course.
In a high-flying presentation that crossed the globe, bounced around and got back in just over two hours, the recalled-to-active-duty airline pilot told sailors and a few Marines that Cold War notions are dead, an ever-hungry China will dominate the global economy, poor nations make lots of babies, Islamic fundamentalists hate us, but really everyone just wants to live near the coast and chat on a cell phone.
No matter, he told them. The U.S. must be ready for any crisis and bloody human conflict has no end, but taxpayers can’t afford a large military force, so a chosen few will be asked to do more, even in a disaster or attack at home.
More at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/09/navy_cottonnecc_070927w/
