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In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income taxpayers are going to see an increase in what they are asked to pay.
No wonder Iran and other enemys of the US are so anxious to see Obama and team running the White House. This kind of thinking took years to repair, and if you don't see the potential for a draft (that's right, YOU and YOUR children) under Obama during time of need because the military will be cut to the core...think again.
Why don't we cut the numbers of police and firefighters that protect us as well??? Oh, because that DIRECTLY affects US??? So does this, so does this in ways you might not even understand now.
The US should reduce its military spending its ridiculously high.
The fact of the matter is that the US has enough nukes to destroy any country on the planet. No country is going to attack US soil doing so would result in annihilation.
So why do we need to spend so much money on the military? We don't. We are just bulling other nations at this point. The US needs to go back to its previous policy.
The hell with the draft. Just cut military spending, get the hell out of the Middle East, and stop this insane idea that we have to crush Israel's enemies for them. Get our troops home to defend the borders and the coasts, which is the point of having armed services.
The military needs to be strong, but at the same time the buget has to come down. There is too much spending on BS. You have a lot of programs and projects we dont need. keep what we need get rid of the crap.
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income taxpayers are going to see an increase in what they are asked to pay.
No wonder Iran and other enemys of the US are so anxious to see Obama and team running the White House. This kind of thinking took years to repair, and if you don't see the potential for a draft (that's right, YOU and YOUR children) under Obama during time of need because the military will be cut to the core...think again.
Why don't we cut the numbers of police and firefighters that protect us as well??? Oh, because that DIRECTLY affects US??? So does this, so does this in ways you might not even understand now.
What has what Frank said got to do with Obama?
The military DOES need budget trimming, historically the over spending has been ridiculous.
Obama does not want the draft.
If the war in Iraq continues as McCain wants it to, WHO do YOU think will fight it?
Police and fire fighters were cut on BUSH'S watch.
Do you know where that "budget trimming" will be? ON THE MILITARY FAMILIES! You folks keep crying to bring the soldiers home, then you'll be crying because you have no home left due to the crap that will be coming here.
Obama wants to go straight into Afghanistan and you think the war will end....sheesh, come on people. The soldiers will not come home, and that 16 month time frame is BS!
He said it himself at the last debate: Leave Iraq and go to Afghanistan with those troops. Just up and leave...yea, great strategy for someone who wants to be Commander in Chief of our great military.
Obama doesn't want the draft, because he will have the college students getting that 4k tax credit and locked into community service, which includes the military. Why draft, when you suckered thousands of 20 year olds into thinking they can afford to go to school?
Not to mention he wants to get our troops involved in Darfur...where the "Hollywood" crowd thinks we should be supporting that issue.
You are right Erma, those that DON'T understand will once the draft has to be reinstated because the military has been cut...
And what Barney "got us into this mess" Frank and the rest of the Dem Congress WANT they will GET with BO in charge.
The ONLY thing that I will be grateful for is BO does in fact win this election is that some idiots who have NO idea what they will be called to do and pay for are about to find out.
I am afraid that Erma is right...we will leave the ability to keep them on their turf to fight only to encourage them to bring their battles to OUR country to defend.
How sad, everyone wants the benefits of freedoms...but so few are willing to protect and defend that cause...or pay for it if they themselves don't want to serve.
For the record the present administration is projecting a 16% cut in defense spending. ...based on the financial records of the defense department. 2007 spending 602B, 2008 566 and 2009 at 516B.
There is so much waste in the military you could eliminate just that and probably save 100b. The massive expense of the war would eliminate 10B / month wow that's over 100b. There is no reason we can not hav a strong military and spend closer to 350-400b.
If history is something to pay attention to the USSR fell under the weight of the military budget. Based on our economy I'm not so sure we can afford it any more than they. Are you strong if your economy fails?
If you are going to start a thread in order to slam the dems maybe you would benefit from at least looking at the military budget. An emotional call to arms based on no facts is worthless and I'd bet few even looked up the facts. Seems the repubs in here like to bash based on emotions, not facts.
Why don't we cut the numbers of police and firefighters that protect us as well??? Oh, because that DIRECTLY affects US??? So does this, so does this in ways you might not even understand now.
Protect us? we are told we need to get tough on crime and hire more police... the only purpose those police have is to issue tickets and raise the communities revenue.... hence it is always reflected in the budgets of a community. I don't know about you but it is the unsolved murder, or burglary that makes me feel less safe. We don't increase police forces where we can solve the actual crimes as there is no money made for the city if a murder is solved. We need police to be working on crimes and not there to ticket the people for the crimes the police themselves commit. I am ready for reduced police on the streets and get them working on actual crimes.
As to the military...
Does anyone really believe we are safer in Iraq because we have caused the death of 1.4 Million iraqies? Do you think we have won the hearts and souls of the country? Could it be that because of our actions more are plotting damage to us? You can only know what the motivation was after the fact but I doubt killing so many civilians is endearing us to the middle east. How would you feel if you were the recipient of these policies? It is easy to sit in a safe country and throw stones at the third world cultures but we can find ourself in another war that we won't win the people over in. We seem to let our arrogance lead and for bad reasons, that will never lead to good results. I don''t care if you throw 100b to defense or 1T you need to understand the iimpact before you create issues that destabilize regions.
If I had to bet McLame will be the one to bring back the draft. he is the one that thinks highly of it. Regardless both candidates have too similar ideas and lack of understanding, hence my support of the third party.... The past 8 years is proof repubs didn't think through thier choices,...
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