"Trillions for pork, but not one dime for defense!"*
The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 percent -- about $55 billion -- a senior U.S. defense official tells FOX News.
Last year's defense budget was $512 billion. Service chiefs and planners will be spending the weekend "burning the midnight oil" looking at ways to cut the budget -- looking especially at weapons programs, the defense official said.
$512 billion? That's only half a stimulus program! And Obama wants to cut defense ten percent while spending ten times that on every frivolous piece of pork he can find? Sheesh! But, what about his campaign promise?
Okay, you say, but at least Obama is proposing all this Peace Corps-like activity as a substitute for military power. Surely he intends to cut or at least cap a defense budget soaring over $500 billion a year. Surely he understands there is no military answer to terrorism.-Robert Kagen on a speech by Obama April 2007
Actually, Obama wants to increase defense spending. He wants to add 65,000 troops to the Army and recruit 27,000 more Marines. Why? To fight terrorism.
He wants the American military to "stay on the offense, from Djibouti to Kandahar," and he believes that "the ability to put boots on the ground will be critical in eliminating the shadowy terrorist networks we now face." He wants to ensure that we continue to have "the strongest, best-equipped military in the world."
To recap, in the one indisputable area where government spending is essential, the defense of our nation, Obama is looking to pinch pennies and cut programs and weapon systems so that he might have more money to spend on contraception? Petty cash for legislators?? Turning SUVs into scrap???
Hang on to your hats, folks! It ain't even groundhog day yet and the Amateur Hour on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has just begun! People have said that his will be an historic presidency. Unfortunately, history records a lot of things!
Hat tip John Lott
Cross posted at Say Anything
*"Millions for defense but not one penny for tribute"
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Dear Dumbass,
ReplyDeleteOnly in wingnut land is a $14 Billion increase in defense spending a cut.
What a moron.
Wing Nut land ? I’ve heard California called a lot of things! And sure, there are an awful lot of liberals here, what with the legislature being controlled by them and a RINO governor, but still…it sounds rather rude!
ReplyDelete"What a moron." Thanks for signing your letter!
The story reported: "The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 percent -- about $55 billion -- a senior U.S. defense official tells FOX News."
If you had any facts to back up our ass-ertion, you could have linked to them. I suspect that you just type to hear the lovely echo the clicking of the keys make in the empty canyons in your head!
But, if your understanding of the facts differs from the published reports, we’d be happy to hear it! We strive for the truth here. The fact that you did not leave a link or any reference to the “facts” you purport to know, helps no one.
But, perhaps we’ve provided a public service in allowing you to vent your spleen mindlessly, possibly averting the abuse or grief you would have given someone else, or perhaps the torture of small animals?