Powell's No-Brainer

IBD Editorials ^ | September 22, 2008

[Kaslin]

War On Terror: Islamic terrorists have attacked a hotel and a U.S. embassy in the span of two weeks. Russia is invading American allies and sending warships to our hemisphere. What would Obama do? Gut the military.

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That's right, the Democrat choice for commander in chief wants to not only slash military spending but dismantle our nuclear arsenal — all so he can pay for his massive new welfare programs.

Didn't hear that in his acceptance speech in Denver? That's because he knows better than to make such an anti-military plan widely known. But he made the little-noticed pledge just before the Iowa caucus to a left-wing pacifist group that seeks to reallocate defense dollars to welfare programs. The lobbying group, Caucus for Priorities, was so impressed by Obama's anti-military offering that it steered its 10,000 devotees his way.

In a 132-word videotaped pledge (still viewable on YouTube), Obama agreed to hollow out the military by slashing conventional and nuclear weapons. The scope of his planned defense cuts, combined with his angry tone, is breathtaking. He sounds as if the military is the enemy, not the bad guys it's fighting. Here's a transcript:

"I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning; and as president, I will end it.

[ex-snook]

Obviously we should bomb Iran and Russia, start the draft, ration oil and start importing steel from Asia to build our arsenal. We will also have to increase our immigration so we will have enough factory workers. Might even let them join a union.

[Rudder]

So where’s the Powell no-brainer thingy?

[mosesdapoet]

Thanks Kas,I forgot about BO’s little speech where he said this stuff I didn’t know it was on Youtube This is going into my opus about this whole deal which goes into the background of “bailout” because its time to cut their shroudlines before they exit the golden door. Many forget a major part of what triggered this was the refusal to drill. “Kes” http;//www.theusmat.com/