John Phelan: “You need a navy in order to be a superpower.”

“You know, I've heard the carrier debate and the carrier argument. The one thing I always find is whenever a conflict starts, the first thing is where are the carriers? You need a navy in order to be a superpower. There's three things you need. You need a navy. There's actually put it. There's three reasons the United States is a superpower, the United States Navy, the US Dollar and the capitalist system and the American people.” (01:53–01:56)

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