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...... singled out for massive budget cuts, even before Sequestration pushed it to the breaking point

I beg to differ on this point. Sequestration (suggested by OBAMA BTW to get his bloated budget passed) amounted to $85 billion total across the ENTIRE federal budget. Frankly, that amounts to squat piss, IMO, given the bloated entitlements and gibsmedat expenditures that occur every day! $85 billion against an $85 billion dollar a month prop-up expenditure by the FED for 5-6 years?

Please! Don't try to put any of this off on sequestration....its specious BS and Democrat trickery and "squirrel". Frankly, it does us a disservice to give credence in the Democrat "Sequestration" lexicon.

The DoD may have received more cuts of the share across sequestration, but the attitude against the military, our preparedness and our willingness to combat terror (in the mind of Imam Obama) was the root cause.

Please! Don't try to put any of this off on sequestration.

Beg to disagree with you. Sequestration was forced upon the military, and it punished the military.

The DoD was already reeling from two previous budget cuts (supposed to be enacted over 10 years), in 2010 and 2012. Sequestration in 2013 took another $600 Billion through 2021, with $37 Billion coming directly from the DoD Operations and Maintenance budget for FY13. When the law took effect in Jan 2013, the government was already 1/3rd through the Fiscal Year, and the cuts enacted devastated our military, their morale, and readiness.

The DoD was forced to "pay for" almost half of the Sequestration "bill" - while entitlements (including all welfare and giveaway programs) were exempt.

Anyone who fails to see that Sequestration devastated our military and its readiness is not dealing with reality.

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