[SkyPilot]

I am afraid you lose me when you said the Sequestration cuts to the military would not gut the Dept of Defense and were a “red herring”. That is completely untrue. Even Democrats acknowledge this. The cuts must come from Operations and Maintenance, because military personnel are like entitlements “off the table” and that is by order of Obama. Google what Gen Dempsey had to say about this subject as early as this morning. the DoD has discovered the O&M cuts will have to be even greater so as to exempt all military personnel levels. The cuts WILL gut the DoD, these Sequestration cuts come on top of $500 Billion in real cuts the DoD has already been forced to make. Meanwhile, entitlements have been untouched so far.

[kabar]

I am afraid you lose me when you said the Sequestration cuts to the military would not gut the Dept of Defense and were a “red herring”. That is completely untrue

I am afraid you missed my point. It is not going to happen. Congress and the WH won't allow it to happen. There are too many defense jobs involved throughout the country. The political pressure will be too great.