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Sunlei

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34. As the President always said, and that will save billions we can use on domestic issues!! :)

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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:34 PM

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Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level [View all] Redfairen Feb 2014 OP

I thought this was The Onion. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #1

Why? It's been Obama's stated defense priority for 5 years now (nt) Recursion Feb 2014 #15

War spending is all that's keeping some Red States going.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #39

This will never happen. tatum37 Feb 2014 #33

You want to go back to this? Sunlei Feb 2014 #36

False dilemma. tatum37 Feb 2014 #41

How about pre-first world war levels? Crowman1979 Feb 2014 #2

How about Constitutional levels? The Founding Fathers considered a standing army to be tblue37 Feb 2014 #18

What tblue37 said Android3.14 Feb 2014 #20

Exactly! The profiteers in America have enjoyed destroying countries and then rebuilding them. It's RKP5637 Feb 2014 #27

I'm all for that!! 2naSalit Feb 2014 #3

I am all for cutting down the war machine but... C0RYH0FFMAN Feb 2014 #4

No, all military spending is a waste. PSPS Feb 2014 #7

I understand what you're getting at... C0RYH0FFMAN Feb 2014 #11

Ding, Ding, Ding. TexasTowelie Feb 2014 #14

works for me weissmam Feb 2014 #19

This is why I supported Hagel's nomination in the first place fujiyama Feb 2014 #5

The various cuts, so far, will hurt military service men and women. djean111 Feb 2014 #28

Including or excluding private contractors? snot Feb 2014 #6

And the national guard. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #10

This is a key question onwardsand upwards Feb 2014 #22

And the overall Pentagon budget?? cprise Feb 2014 #8

I expect more outsourcing too Auggie Feb 2014 #16

It won't go away, it's just morphing into something else. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #29

Like paying for Ukranian soldiers and arms. n/t cprise Feb 2014 #32

Right wing heads will explode over this AgingAmerican Feb 2014 #9

They will really try to discredit Chuck Hagel now. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #17

Jefferson et al. didnt want standing army at all. ErikJ Feb 2014 #12

Show me the money. ReRe Feb 2014 #13

While I am not a big fan of an over the top level of military spending melm00se Feb 2014 #21

Lets get some facts straight. happyslug Feb 2014 #35

Spending more and size =/= a better army chrisa Feb 2014 #23

This will be without accounting for contractors Scalded Nun Feb 2014 #24

This is just another draw-down agent46 Feb 2014 #25

"Success would take longer." malthaussen Feb 2014 #26

They can start by demilitarizing the local police departments. Some of the police RKP5637 Feb 2014 #30

Flowery words... Javaman Feb 2014 #31

As the President always said, and that will save billions we can use on domestic issues!! :) Sunlei Feb 2014 #34

He won't get everything he's proposing, and he probably knows that. TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #37

So the Army get reduced MicaelS Feb 2014 #38

Good! hedgehog Feb 2014 #40

Shrink ? Hi ho, Hi ho.................. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #42

This is NOT that big a CUT, for two reasons happyslug Feb 2014 #43