and the Results!
Posted on 05/30/2008 1:09:07 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
In a strange video address intended to reassure American voters regarding his military bona fides, Senator Obama ends up doing just the opposite. Among other things, he promises to cut "tens of billions of dollars" from the military budget, at a time when our armed forces are already stretched and in need of new weapon technologies and armor; to "cut investments in unproven missile defense systems," which in reality have already proven remarkably effective; that he "will not weaponize space" even though other nations such as China do exactly that; to terminate the Iraq war just as the surge proves remarkably successful; and he rails against what he calls "unnecessary" military spending. He concludes by promising to remove our inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) from what he calls a "hair-trigger alert," embarrassing himself via his ignorance regarding our deliberate targeting and launch protocol. Most alarmingly, Obama literally promises to "slow development of future combat systems." Think about the frightening implications of this pledge. Future combat systems are the cornerstone of American military modernization and superiority. Advanced combat systems provide us with better equipment, unmatched situational awareness and communication systems that result in American battlefield domination. Other nations such as China and Russia constantly seek to match our prowess, but we continue to outpace them.
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And I work in the military industrial complex! If Obama is elected, I’ll have to polish my resume.
It's from 2007, as I recall.
It's a taped message to a hard left pacifist organization, recorded before the primaries.
Obama was hoping to get support from this group at a time when an unconditional, immediate troop pullout from Iraq was thought to be a winning idea for the Democratic Party.
he is either appallingly naive or a traitor.
OBAMA
The Islamoterrorists Manchurian Candidate................
Obama's going to have a November to remember: hard Left political lemmings always cliff-dive in November.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs will run a “Preakness Pool” in that case.
“Listen Republicans. And understand.
That the Islamic Cults, the UnAmerican Democrat Party, Pelosi and Hussein Obama, are out there. They can’t be bargained with. They can’t be reasoned with. They don’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until we are dead”
“...it’s what they do, it’s all they do!”
Good GRIEF, did Rush just NOW learn of this video? We had this on FR and were sending it out everywhere MONTHS ago- even before Jeremiah Wright.
Well, he’s been busy I guess. ;)
and the Results!
Wasn’t this already tried? Wasn’t it called the Cold War and didn’t it NOT WORK??
“What is the Military Industrial Complex going to say about Obama’s intentions?”
They don’t have to say anything. They got knee jerk reactions in much of the populace who fear all military spending is wise , efficient and necessary.
Boy, isn’t THAT the truth, roses. I have had the same thought an endless number of times.
When I first saw this video, in Feb or March I dutifully sent it to FOX, MSNBC, CNN, Rush and a couple of contacts I have “inside” Washington. Not a word back. I was practically apoplectic after hearing this- as were many of us here- but....it seemed to just evaporate in the vast web.
Aren’t we being racist by discussing this? /sarc>
All “in the interest of fairness”,
like his policy position on raising cap gains rates. When confronted with the facts that lower rates bring in more revenue, he stated he would raise them anyway “in the interest of fairness”.
It’s all about punishment and control for these leftist freaks.
“They don’t have to say anything. They got knee jerk reactions in much of the populace who fear all military spending is wise , efficient and necessary.”
Please clarify. I don’t understand what you mean.
You are absolutely correct. But in liberalhood, there is this perverse idea that the U.S. is the cause of conflict in the world, and in order for there to be peace, there must be military parity. That is why they want to diminish the U.S. military in remove the temptation of the U.S. president to use it.
Of course, the U.S. combatants would pay with blood for this idiocy.
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