Obama is going to eviscerate the military regardless of what any Republican tries to do about it. He won. He will be president for most of the next four years. He hates anything military. He is going to decimate our nuclear arsenal, our navy ships, our air force airplanes, and our ground forces. Nothing can stop him. We have to learn to live with it. At least with the sequester, we get a few other cuts, as well.
I agree with you about the sequester. Amazing there are finally “cuts” (albeit in proposed increases) and they are all BLAMING one another.
Not one person in DC wanting CREDIT for cutting the spending.
I respectfully disagree.
The Republicans sold Defense down the river twice - in 2011 by approving a $487 Billion cut over ten years (that we are now 2 years into and is causing real reductions), and again by agreeing to allow 17% of the budget (which Defense is) take 50% of the Sequester cuts (even though Defense is Constitutional and Entitlements are not). The Republicans at this point don't care about the military (with the exception of people like McCain, Graham, and McKeon).
Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave at what the current crop of Republican leadership are doing to the men and women in uniform of this nation. No group has given as much, and no group has the biggest target on their backs. Military health care, DoD schools, and family support is all going to be cut under the Sequester - not to mention the breaking of faith with hundreds of thousands of loyal, patriotic DoD employees.