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Leading From Behind Strategy
Coach is Right ^ | January 7th, 2012 | Jim Emerson

Posted on 01/07/2012 9:39:03 AM PST by darkwing104

At the Pentagon this week the liberals’ biggest fantasy has now become reality. Barack Obama is cutting the military budget and using the “savings” to fund social programs. In a rare press conference in the Pentagon, he called for a major reduction of the U.S. Armed forces over the next ten years. Obama’s strategy is to reduce America’s presence in Europe and redirect our Strategic forces towards the Middle East and Asia, leaving the defense of Europe in the hands of NATO.

Obama’s plan shifts strategic force to the Asia-Pacific region to counter China’s growing military threat. The movement of forces to the Middle East will focus on countering the threat of violent extremism. This strategy sounds good to the liberal press but like any of this Administration’s Alinsky inspired plans it lacks detail. Of course this plan is based solely on budget woes so don’t hold your breath waiting to see if any other government entity receives such a large budget cut. Such a plan is risky, and leaves the U.S, vulnerable in the long run.

Hollow Force

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: budget; leadingfrombehind; military; richardminiter
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1 posted on 01/07/2012 9:39:06 AM PST by darkwing104
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To: darkwing104

I guess all those stoney weekends he played Risk with his radical friends payed off.


2 posted on 01/07/2012 9:43:35 AM PST by Leep
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