Barry to Pentagon: Cut 11 percent

Posted on January 30, 2009 | Comments Off on Barry to Pentagon: Cut 11 percent

Strategic retreat, indeed. B. Hussein Obama hinted at such a retreat in his interview with Al-Arabiya, looking back thirty years (the Carter administration) to a purported U.S.-Arab Golden Age. Not that the bloated Pentagon couldn’t lose its spare tire, but the times certainly are not propitious for dieting. With all that battered equipment from Iraq that needs replacing. Especially not with a trillion in civilian pork already moving through the Congressional intestine. ACORN could get a few billion. The military must cut fifty-five billion.

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0 responses to “Barry to Pentagon: Cut 11 percent”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon | January 31, 2009 at 9:48 am |

    Oh well, this roller coaster with military budget is usually changing its direction as the winds change. I wouldn’t worry about the long term.

  2. SnoopyTheGoon | January 31, 2009 at 9:48 am |

    Oh well, this roller coaster with military budget is usually changing its direction as the winds change. I wouldn’t worry about the long term.

  3. SnoopyTheGoon | January 31, 2009 at 9:48 am |

    Oh well, this roller coaster with military budget is usually changing its direction as the winds change. I wouldn’t worry about the long term.

  4. Dick Stanley | January 31, 2009 at 11:58 am |

    This is the first significant “wind change” since 9/11. It’s worrisome for that reason alone. Even if there were no Iraq makeups due.
    Look at it another way: every other program is getting a 35 percent raise, but defense is getting cut. The war on terrorism is over, at least until they hit us again. Our political support of Israel may not wavier, though I would not bet money that it won’t, but we may not have so many JDAMs to provide to the IAF next time they’re needed.

  5. Dick Stanley | January 31, 2009 at 11:58 am |

    This is the first significant “wind change” since 9/11. It’s worrisome for that reason alone. Even if there were no Iraq makeups due.
    Look at it another way: every other program is getting a 35 percent raise, but defense is getting cut. The war on terrorism is over, at least until they hit us again. Our political support of Israel may not wavier, though I would not bet money that it won’t, but we may not have so many JDAMs to provide to the IAF next time they’re needed.

  6. Dick Stanley | January 31, 2009 at 11:58 am |

    This is the first significant “wind change” since 9/11. It’s worrisome for that reason alone. Even if there were no Iraq makeups due.
    Look at it another way: every other program is getting a 35 percent raise, but defense is getting cut. The war on terrorism is over, at least until they hit us again. Our political support of Israel may not wavier, though I would not bet money that it won’t, but we may not have so many JDAMs to provide to the IAF next time they’re needed.