John Hansen: “last week Vice President Gore mislead every American again. I am not talking about raising chickens. Al Gore claimed…”

“last week Vice President Gore mislead every American again. I am not talking about raising chickens. Al Gore claimed that our military is the strongest in history. Our military is the best in the world today, but it is simply not true that our military today is the strongest in history, not even by recent history. One only has to look back to the 1980s to find a military force 40 percent larger, with a much more robust capacity that could easily have engaged two major threats on two separate fronts at once. Today, the Joint Chiefs tell us that fighting two fronts could only be accomplished with high risk and significant loss of life. Looking back at World War II, the United States fielded an Army of over 8 million soldiers and airmen. The United States was fighting on three separate fronts in three separate geographical areas of the world, and we were winning all three. It is laughable to consider today's force equal. If Al Gore believes today's military is the best in history, he obviously has not talked to thousands of soldiers, airman and Marines who are leaving in total frustration. By any measure, today's military is smaller, less capable, overworked and less ready than it was 8 years ago. Anyone aspiring to be Commander in Chief should know that.”