So We're Cutting 40,000 soldiers, huh? That makes perfect sense......SMH

I have to say that serving in the military (the Army) for over 28 years I am just a tad bias when it comes to issues like this.  With that said, I cannot for the life of me twist this to make any sense whatsoever. We currently still have troops in Afghanistan and more troops, I'm sorry, "advisers" are being deployed BACK to Iraq. President Obama still has no strategy for dealing with the continued and growing threat of ISIS yet, he wants to reduce our force? Well, they are the "JV Team" huh? Really?

This will cut our active component down to 450,000. That doesn't take into account how many of those are actually fit to fight or even in a combat role rather then a support role. Combined with the reserve forces that will give us roughly 1 million personnel total in the Army. China's army (arguably our leading foe) currently sits at around 1.25 million. Personally, I believe this is completely irresponsible as it diminishes our overall security. 

Something else that bothers me...... this move will be putting 57,000 people out of work. 57,000 more people looking for jobs. Roughly 50,000 more families into a state of financial hardship. Why? Will we really save that much money? I'm sure there are many other programs which could be fleeced, none of which would affect our national security. 

Any thoughts?