Lindsey Graham actually said...

Is it too strong a statement to say that with Russia and Iran's help, Assad has won the civil war in Syria?

A bigger Navy means that you'll have more ships in more places, which will hopefully make some of our adversaries think twice.

To hold the territory, there has to be a holding force, or they'll come back.

If you want to be safe against radical Islam, you need to be in their backyard so they're not in our backyard.