- In 2009, he cut the military by $330 Billion (over ten years) to help pay for his "stimulus" criminal payoff/giveaway.
- In 2012, he cut the military by another $487 Billion (again, supposed to be spread out over ten years)
- In 2013, Sequestration kicked in, and is cutting the military by about another $600 Billion (again, over ten years); the $600 Billion figure is even with the "temporary budget relief" it got last December
All those cuts overlapped. Now, Obama has ordered Hagel to slash even more.
Many Tea Party types cheered on Sequestration, even though the military (at around 17 or 18% of the entire budget) must "pay for" 50% of the cuts.
The "pivot to Asia" rhetoric is all lie and a smokescreen to divert attention from the massive cuts that the military is actually taking. Obama's DoD isn't "pivoting" to anywhere except the scrap yard and the unemployment line.
Mark my words, this is going to be a disaster for this nation. War is coming soon, between Israel and her barbarian neighbors.
The Middle East will catch fire, and oil prices will skyrocket, further ruining our economy. We may even see a previously unfathomable nuclear exchange in the world, very, very soon.
Evil nations throughout the world may take advantage and start their own wars of massive genocide and aggression.
We are long past any "tipping" points with our military- we have already started the long, hopeless fall into the abyss.