Don't Cut Entitlements-Cut the Military

[Donnachaidh]

http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/timothy-gatto/35570/dont-cut-entitlements-cut-the-military

It seems that this President has turned his back on everything he touted during his campaign. Yet, as mature individuals we should have expected it…after all he’s a politician and most politicians lie through their teeth, right? You must remember, closing Guantanamo, having a more “transparent” government, working for peace in the Mid-East, talking to Iran, etc., etc., etc.

I hate to shatter anyone’s bubble, but he hasn’t done anything except reward the perpetrators of the Wall Street crash, expand the War in Afghanistan and move it over to Pakistan to boot. We still have troops in Iraq and we are considering putting troops in Libya where we have no national interests at all. Funny what that “Commander-in-Chief” title can lead you to do.

Yes, since the Congress declared “The Global War on Terror”, the executive branch has almost unlimited resources and power. “Hail Caesar!” I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little bit tired of him moving our military around the World like he’s playing some kind of chess game. You can bet that the military personnel are getting a little sick of it too.

I found out that the reason we are so down on Iran is because they are the sworn enemy of Saudi Arabia. Gee, I didn’t know that. I should have figured it out. When the Saudi’s sent troops into Bahrain to put down a popular movement against the princes of the oilfields, it became quite clear that America is certainly for freedom in the Mid-East, but only in certain parts. We supply Saudi Arabia with 3.5 Billion dollars of military equipment every year. Do they pay for it? Let me guess…no. Between Egypt, Israel, and Saudi Arabia we give them more that 10.5 Billions of dollars in military hardware.

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[dajoki]

1. K&R

[L0oniX]

2. off to the greatest.

[msongs]

3. military = biggest entitlement/welfare program - war profiteers fleecing the taxpayers nt

[Terra Alta]

4. cut our defense spending in half, and bring all our troops home.

Use the money saved doing that, to expand Medicare to include all. Maybe even food stamps for all, too. People having access to health care, and not going hungry is more important than fighting in two wars that never should have happened.

[pscot]

5. That's crazy talk

We'll all be murdered in our beds by socialist fascist moslem terrorists from Kenya.

[dkf]

6. Please show me how cutting military spending even to zero pays for the increases in entitlements.

From what I've seen it simply is not enough.

People who think this is possible have not looked at the numbers.

Here are some of the numbers.

http://www.fms.treas.gov/frsummary/frsummary2010.pdf

[crickets]

9. self delete

[cliffordu]

7. Yeah, I kinda fucking hate him too.

:hurts:



And, in case teh stoopid reigns....:

:sarcasm:

[leftstreet]

8. K&R