Will Obama Gut Defense? Capitol Hill Democrats want to target the Pentagon.

Wall Street Journal ^ | October 28, 2008 | Bret Stephens

[reaganaut1]

Obama thinks the purpose of government is to achieve "social justice" and "racial justice" through redistribution/reparations, and spending on traditional government functions such as national defense diverts money from his mission.

[Dawnsblood]

BTTT

[Red Badger]

Capitol Hill Democrats want to target the Pentagon.

Just like Bill Ayers and Al-Queda..............

[Bringbackthedraft]

Capitol Hill Democrats want to target the Pentagon. ........................ And visa versa I’m sure.

[diverteach]

In Obama’s own word’s, YES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0du8wMLzEY

[Rational Thought]

Would General David Petraeus resign?

[Perdogg]

If Obama is elected, Petraeus might be charged as a war criminal.

[fso301]

So there's really no reason to fear that his recent call to cut defense spending by 25% is a harbinger of what to expect in an Obama administration.

This is one reason why the Dem's want to reinstate the draft. With a draft, the pay and benefits can be slashed.

[misterrob]

The DOD could likely do better with the money they get. It is government after all. However, to think that you can get 15-20% cuts is absurd.

[Non-Sequitur]

Joe Biden also cut an ad for the group that was even more emphatic: "I'll tell you what we cannot afford . . . a trillion-dollar commitment to 'Star Wars,' new nuclear weapons, a thousand-ship Navy, the F-22 Raptor."

I hate to tell Joe this but I don't think anyone is talking about a trillion for star wars, a thousand ship navy, or new nuclear weapons. And the production run for the F-22 is about mid-way through.

[thecabal]

Don’t worry, we’ll save money by replacing all of that expensive military equipment and personnel with a suicide bomber brigade. Cheap and effective!

[PLD]

I want to know why Obama failed to register for selective service as required by Law?Anyone else but him and Bill would be in jail..

[3AngelaD]

The Pentagon could do more efficient job of spending the money it is given. There is a certain amount of waste and fraud. But, if Obama’s cuts were to be anything like the Clinton cuts, they will cripple our military dangerously. This would necessitate a quick buildup in the event of a crisis, which sets up the exact circumstances that lead to even more widespread waste and fraud as opposed to a slower, more deliberate and systematic acquistions process. The only brake on this disfunctional cycle is the fact the military bases and programs are spread out across the country, and there are key Democrats in whose districts many civilian jobs related to the military are located (California comes to mind). It remains to be seen how well that brake would work in the worst-case scenario of a far-left government in both the executive and legislative branches.

[FreeAtlanta]

Democrats, doing the work terrorist can’t do.

[SampleMan]

I wonder what the socialists would do if the 80% of the military leadership resigned on Inauguration day, and 70% of the enlisted side stated stated that they would not be re-enlisting. Probably put ACORN in charge of the military I suppose.

[CASchack]

[The Sons of Liberty]

After hearing that idiot Joe Biden predict an major crisis and Colon Powell say it will start on Jan 21st, I’m beginning to wonder if he is going to announce at his coronation, that he is unilaterally disarming the United States and ordering our forces to stand down.

[vetvetdoug]

Gore reinvented government and saved the US taxpayer millions of dollars by cutting government employees...800,000 of them. The truth was that Gore’s cut was entirely from the military. Democrats hate the US.

[Vaduz]

Right photo peanut farmer left photo peanut brain.

[BillT]

Why do you ask? The surrender monkeys do not want this country to exist; in its current form at least.