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Obama unveils new strategy for 'leaner' US military ('Re-Tooling' to meet the China threat)
BBC News ^ | 1/5/12 | BBC

Posted on 01/05/2012 9:42:53 AM PST by NormsRevenge

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To: NormsRevenge

Obama’s Orwellian Logic: Strength Through Weakness


21 posted on 01/05/2012 10:45:54 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: NormsRevenge

Anyone actually believe him?


22 posted on 01/05/2012 10:46:34 AM PST by b4its2late (Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former.)
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To: NormsRevenge

It’s all hogwash....pap for the looney left.

Socialists like Obama and his like minded Congresscritters view any, and all, military spending as a serious affront and detriment to their social spending programs.

In the recent spending cut negotiations you’ll note that while the military budget is ~1/3 of the total spending it recieved 1/2 of the “cuts” in total spending.

2012 can’t come too soon. I’ll bet that those officers pictured, if given half a chance, would have given the “Pueblo Salute” to Obama, just as the captured Pueblo crewman did to the North Koreans when forced into attending propaganda media events.

In the 1990’s President Clinton took credit for reducing federal employment numbers. Unsaid was that a majority of those payroll cuts were from military paychecks. We payed the price on 9/11 2001.

Obama is a fool, but I’m sure his libreral base and libertarians like Ron Paul are happy.

Problem is that while military spending will decrease total spending will rise.


23 posted on 01/05/2012 10:59:20 AM PST by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry bear formerly known as..........Ursus Arctos Horribilis.)
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To: RedEyeJack

When someone inquired how many Spartans there were, he said, “Enough to keep all bad men away.” -Agis, son of Archidamus


24 posted on 01/05/2012 11:14:22 AM PST by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: NormsRevenge
So we're going to prepare for the Red Chinese juggernaut with a gutted, smaller military?

Yeah, that's a winning strategy for sure...

25 posted on 01/05/2012 11:28:27 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Russ
The politicians in the pictures are smiling. The miliary officers are not. Interesting...

This is a snap shot in time, so I think you're reading too much into it.

Also, in the first picture on the top, everyone is smiling, except, maybe the guy in the back on our right (and he doesn't appear all that unhappy). The other two guys, in the back, appear to be military personnel (both smiling). From what little I can see of their suit jacket.

And in the second picture, everyone is not smiling, politicians and military.

This is how perspectives get tarnished. By reading to much into something that is very trivial. And in this case, a snap shot in time measured in milli-seconds.

26 posted on 01/05/2012 12:07:26 PM PST by ponder life
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To: ZULU

this just broke, I won’t ping you again, just thought you might be interested.


27 posted on 01/05/2012 12:14:50 PM PST by jpsb
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Thank you. That is quite interesting. And yes I am interested.


28 posted on 01/05/2012 12:45:31 PM PST by ZULU (LIBERATE HAGIA SOPHIA!!!!!)
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29 posted on 01/05/2012 12:51:25 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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I have forgotten how said it, I am thinking MacAuthor could be wrong, that Americas' future lies in Asia not in Europe. Europe is the pass and Asia is the future. Whoever it was appears to be correct.

I really do not know what we can do about Islam. The best idea I can come up with is get out of the middle east and wait until Islam pisses off Europe, Russia and India. Then mash them like they have never been mashed before, a Roman solution. Just do not see how a battle of civilizations can be avoided. Just wish Europe and Russia could see the writing on the wall. It is a clear as day, IMHO.

30 posted on 01/05/2012 1:00:16 PM PST by jpsb
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To: NormsRevenge

“The US military will become “leaner” while maintaining superiority as it switches focus to the Asia-Pacific, US President Barack Obama has announced.”......

ASIA???

Does this mean we’re all going to Hawaii?

About time we go somewhere nice instead of another backwards third world poo-hole....

RLTW


31 posted on 01/05/2012 1:12:40 PM PST by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: Timber Rattler

Yes.

We’re going to prepare a welcoming committee for the Chinese when they eventually declare war.


32 posted on 01/05/2012 2:33:58 PM PST by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist idiot with no rational argument.)
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To: NormsRevenge

More gommicks,less troops. Not the best situation.


33 posted on 01/05/2012 4:15:47 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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