"This strategy [of sneakily defunding the troops] is already well underway. In acting on the Omnibus spending bill, the Congress has cut the Army budget for BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) in half. Since BRAC is mandated by law, the Army will have to move money from other accounts in order to meet the BRAC statuatory requirements. One way they have done this is to inactivate the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division rather than to move this brigade from Germany to Fort Bliss (this brigade is just now returning from a tour in Iraq). This will make the brigade unavailable for a return deployment to Iraq when their turn next comes.
"Democrats are also moving to remove funding for an Army Stryker Brigade's equipment from the Supplemental Funding bill. This means that this brigade cannot convert as scheduled and therefore will not be available for deployment to Iraq.
"Their scheme is very transparent to those who understand, but is designed to fool the American people by saying that they are 'supporting the troops' and 'funding the troops'. Neither statement is true today, nor will it be true tomorrow. They are supporting the enemy, of that there is no doubt."
Posted yesterday by Centurion316
I would venture to say that it is just as important to communicate with Congress about stopping such shenanigans as it is to censure them for voting for the nonbinding resolution.
Seems Murtha calls this a "slow bleed". Disgusting what this guy will do to weaken his country, and put the troops at a disadvantage. It's repulsive that he'd use the word blled here.
Can't tell you how sickened I am after listening to almost all of the "First step in retreat debate"
What can be done???
Can we even save this Country of ours?
The political system is too big, too slow and too complicated to fix this but, there MUST be something.