[Parmy]

If Clinton hadn’t cut the standing force to 10 Divisions from 18, there wouldn’t be such a stress on the military.

[ex-snook]

"If Clinton hadn’t cut the standing force to 10 Divisions from 18, there wouldn’t be such a stress on the military."

Obviously Clinton should not have been elected in 2000.

[Froufrou]

Thank you very much! Maybe we shoulda kept him an endless supply of interns! Or fewer of them...?

[balch3]

Bingo. This is entirely CLinton’s fault, and we should never let them forget it.

[SJSAMPLE]

I was at several division closings under GHWB (41).
This started before Clinton was in office and was called the “peace dividend” well before Clinton was elected.

[af_vet_rr]

If Clinton hadn’t cut the standing force to 10 Divisions from 18, there wouldn’t be such a stress on the military.

I'm not defending him - he certainly gutted the military, but quite a few cuts were being planned and made before he took office. What disturbs me is that the current administration doesn't seem to want to increase the size of the military - after 9/11, I expected a fairly large increase.

Either way, the news of the 15 month deployments should not be news at all - the administration should be able to put troops in there for 24 or 36 months, or however long is needed to get the job done. The media is going to go out of their way to find somebody who whines about the 15 months, I'm sure.

[leadpenny]

How many times does it have to be said, the peace dividend cuts started under GHWB and would have continued under who ever was elected in 92. It’s irrelevant anyway. Clinton has not been the Commander (in chief) for over six years.