Panel commissioned by Barney Frank recommends nearly $1T in defense cuts

the hill ^ | 6/11/10

[musicman]

[70th Division]

Next election we need to pool our money and get rid of this Cork Sucker. I don’t even care if it is a moderate Democrat. He needs to go.

[rlmorel]

With each passing day, they are pushing our nation closer to the edge of open rebellion. I believe it.

[Ingtar]

I believe they want open rebellion so they can “postpone” the elections.

[Tublecane]

“The Democrat Party: Gutting Our Military Since 1945.”

What are you talking about? Korea and Vietnam were Democrat wars.

[DaisyCutter]

While I’m certain that these recommendations are crap, the defense budget is an over-bloated turd. Mostly because we overpay for just about everything.

[GailA]

cut the pork spending on bridges to nowhere.

[60Gunner]

We seriously need to get rid of this butt-hogger. He’s a menace and an embarrassment.

[andy58-in-nh]

I did some preliminary research on the institutions represented by the "Task Force". Some I am very familiar with, and for others I looked at their Boards of Directors, mission statements and list of funders:

Project on Defense Alternatives (Left-wing)
Cato Institute (Libertarian)
New America Foundation (Left-wing)
National Priorities Project (Very Left-wing)
National Security Network(Claims to be Centrist, but they're Left-wing)
Project on Defense Alternatives (Left-wing)
Center for American Progress (Far Left-wing)
Peace Action (Very Far Left-wing)
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (Left-wing)
Institute for Policy Studies (Left-wing)
Taxpayers for Common Sense (Centrist)
Cato Institute (Libertarian)
Center for Defense Information (Centrist-to-Left-wing; clearly opposed to all nuclear weapons).

See any "Conservatives" there? Nope.

[andy58-in-nh]

If military procurement decisions could be insulated from Congressional influence and extended over multi-year purchase and amortization cycles, Pentagon spending would be far more efficient.

[Vaduz]

A panel commissioned by Rep. Barney Frank orders white flag.

[The Comedian]

Don't Ask (me to put up with you much longer, Barney Butt Boy), Don't Tell (me you're not a domestic enemy of America, because you are).

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[G Larry]

Truth in Advertising:

“Fearing loss of power, Democrats expedite the Destruction of America agenda.”

[Clioman]

Says Barney, “We’ve got Bolsheviks, Menshevicks, Trotskyites, anarcho-syndicalists,...Just to show you how broad it is, we’ve even got some Shining Path Maoists, two Quakers and a guy who used to be in the Bader-Meinhof gang. Now does that cover the ideological spectrum, or what?”

[MediaMole]

The invasion of Korea was the direct result of Truman’s mishandling of the situation. Our military had been cut dramatically in the immediate post war era and our forces were left using old, WWII weapons and aircraft for the early part of the war.

Vietnam was mishandled from the start and McNamara spent a lot of time screwing up things like the F-111 system.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Jimmy Carter cut our military by about 50%, cutting the Navy from 600 ships to 300. Reagan had to rebuild much of our military. Then Clinton comes along and cuts it 50% again. We couldn’t even train our forces because of the lack of ammo and spare parts. Gen. Clark got embarrassed in Bosnia when the Apache helicopter kept crashing because of lack of maintenance.

Now Obama is starting the expected Democrat disarmament all over again. One day, may soon, we are going to be caught too short to recover.

[andy58-in-nh]

That pretty much covers it. Just like the bookstores in Harvard Square:

"What kind of political books do you have in here?"

"Oh, we've got both kinds: communist and socialist!"

[Buckeye McFrog]

these clowns must all have the word “sustainable” tatooed on their hides someplace

[Myrddin]

There are a few code words that typically flag the commie proposals. Sustainable is one of them. Organizations that label themselves a "coalition" as well. When you hear something labeled as "modest", you can be sure you are being asked to drink cyanide laced KoolAid and like it. Ditto for the phrase "common sense". That phrase is used when speaking about additional limits on your liberty such as "gun control" and allowing the government to search your private data and possessions.

[Apparatchik]

Yes, and the Democrats have a history of defunding and dismantling the military following every major conflict. Truman did it after WWII and it had to be reversed by Eisenhower. Task Force Smith was a disaster at the beginning of the Korean conflict because it was undermanned, poorly trained and badly equipped with obsolete weapons. Carter did the same in the late 70’s (resulting in the Desert One fiasco) until Reagan reversed it in the 80’s. Clinton did it following the end of the Cold War (the so-called “peace dividend”). So watch for Obama to do the same after Afghanistan and Iraq - Bawney Fwank’s little commission is the first step.