[rbg81]

but a rising number of deficit hawks in the Republican Party are willing to trim Department of Defense (DoD) spending as well.

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Of course, the real way to cut the deficit is by cutting entitlements, but that will never happen with the bunch of spineless bastards in Congress. You cut ALL defense spending and still have a gaping deficit. Before this charade is over, that’s probably what will happen too.

[tbw2]

If Obama wants to cut defense spending, he has to stop starting new wars and pseudo-military efforts (support to Libya, to fight Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, VIPR teams in the U.S.).