Obama has only cut Defense in real terms. He and the Democrats initiated $487 Billion in cuts before sequestration. Thousands of jobs have already been cut, programs slashed, and contracts canceled.
The sequestration is on top of all of this, and represents an immediate 11% cut in Defense. Because sequestration takes place 1/4 through the current fiscal year, and the cuts are immediate - the DoD will have to slash Operations and Maintenance by massive proportions. No one knows how much (it could be 40%).
This is a disaster for our nation both economically and militarily.
I don't think there is any way to recover in the short term, even if Romney is elected. Obama and the Democrats have "accomplished" something that Conservative have long feared - they have broken the back of Defense.
“He and the Democrats initiated $487 Billion in cuts before sequestration”
That number is BS, because it’s over 10 years. The only “real” number is the budget allocated to defense this year as opposed to next year.
That’s it.
This is typical hysteria and a “government union thug” approach to arguing against Defense cuts. In your local city or county, it starts by saying “we’re cutting the fire department and police department”.
Stop it.
“Because sequestration takes place 1/4 through the current fiscal year, and the cuts are immediate - the DoD will have to slash Operations and Maintenance by massive proportions. No one knows how much (it could be 40%). “
You know why? Because they have a big-government bureaucracy mentality. They won’t cut headcount - both civilian and military. They will hope that somehow the lies about “cuts” will resonate and they will scare the american people into giving them more.
If the defense dept REALLY cared about defense first, and not their budget, they’d find a way to somehow ‘squeak by’ on 4, 5, or 600 billion dollars a year.