Shouldn't we be seeing what they (Russia and China) are doing? Shouldn't we be building up our Navy instead of downsizing it? I know we spend over 500 billion a year on the military defense but Mr. Obama doesn't seem to understand that these countries are not our buddies!! They are out to take over and they will if we let them!

Agreed, my son is currently in Hawaii set to start RIMPAC and the Chinese are participating. Why do we continue to show them our capabilities up close and personal ?

Yep! It is like showing the cat the canary, in the cage, and even unlocking the door! China is smart and very cunning. I just read a news article about "China believes they can defeat the U.S. in a war" and I think that they are getting close to doing something crazy like that. They are making big advances and we have helped them enormously during the years. They have gotten so much technological help from us. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!