The Republicans who bit off on the poison pill known as sequestration were hoodwinked and out maneuvered by the the Democrats. The Democrats walked into the "Super Committee" knowing they had already sabotaged it. They wanted the Pentagon cut by $55 Billion in real terms, essentially eviscerating our National Defense. In doing so, both the Republicans and the Democrats exemptedevery single give away entitlement program from cuts. The only exception is Medicare, which under sequestration reduces compensation to providers, which simply screws the medical professionals that essentially reduce actual human suffering. Everything else: Food Stamps, Social Security Disability, welfare, endless unemployment checks, you name it - all exempted.
The public doesn't care, because it does not know what is really about to happen. There won't be time to "fix" this in January, whoever wins the November elections.
If war breaks out, our nation will face a crisis of epic proportions. The only department Obama has really cut has been Defense, and already by the hundreds of billions. Even if war does not break out, we are already in great danger because our defense has been sacrificed on the altar of direct deposit entitlement checks for on half of our population.
So the Pentagon budget goes from what..... $700B to $650B? We can’t defend the country for $650 BILLION dollars a year?
“If war breaks out, our nation will face a crisis of epic proportions. The only department Obama has really cut has been Defense, and already by the hundreds of billions. Even if war does not break out, we are already in great danger because our defense has been sacrificed on the altar of direct deposit entitlement checks for on half of our population”
It serves no purpose to counter the inherent dishonesty of the Obama administration with the lie that we are somehow in “great danger” because of defense cuts of less than 10% implemented over a decade.
Eisenhower’s “military industrial complex” warning is relevant as ever.