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2015-01-29 Home Front: Politix

Obama to Request Hike in U.S. Military Budget

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-01-29 09:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "The funding increase will promote prime initiatives to heighten cultural sensitivities, train our troops in the inherent peaceful nature of Islam, and provide weapons and training to our new ally, Cuba"

Posted by Frank G 2015-01-29 09:58|| 2015-01-29 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2 And don't forget the cost of advising Iran on their nuclear weapons program.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-01-29 10:06|| 2015-01-29 10:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Apparently, the operational time of Air Force One is going to become very high for the next couple of years.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-29 10:34|| 2015-01-29 10:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Also massive new funds to ULA LockMart and Boeing to make up for the pain and agony of SpaceX attempting to point out their sweet monopolist deal with the Air Force.

Posted by 3dc 2015-01-29 10:38|| 2015-01-29 10:38|| Front Page Top

#5 And a few more Atlas launches with Russian motors thrown Lockmarts way that were being pretend held for SpaceX to compete on.

Posted by 3dc 2015-01-29 10:43|| 2015-01-29 10:43|| Front Page Top

#6 They the money to need to clothe the American military in pink tutus and ballerina slippers. They also need to train our soldiers how to grovel and apologize for being so ... American.

Posted by frozen al 2015-01-29 10:47|| 2015-01-29 10:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Nice hat trick. He cuts the military budget, scores support from his leftie fascists. Then goes back and demands an increase in spending for DOD, keeping the right wing at bay. Guess you can have it both ways. He needs to open a used car lot.

Posted by 49 Pan 2015-01-29 11:54|| 2015-01-29 11:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Top commanders on Wednesday renewed warnings to politicians that a repeat of the automatic cuts, known as sequestration, would result in a "hollow force" and have a damaging effect on readiness, modernization plans and morale.

"Hollow force" has already started.

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-29 12:02|| 2015-01-29 12:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Dumb ass.
You cut defense to shit and then ask for more money.

Pull out of Iraq, send troops back to Iraq.

Posted by newc 2015-01-29 12:15|| 2015-01-29 12:15|| Front Page Top

#10 "If you like your Defense budget, you can keep your defense budget. Just fully fund my EO DHS $ for amnesty, my DOJ, and my IRS"

Posted by Frank G 2015-01-29 14:43|| 2015-01-29 14:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Of course, this WILL require an increase in taxes. New revenue to be spent on "defense".

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-01-29 15:19|| 2015-01-29 15:19|| Front Page Top

#12 He wants to break the sequester.

The only possible answer is to require him to cut discretionary spending by an equal amount, letting him be the bad guy. His strategists think the Republicans will do the work for him, earning the ire of whichever group loses by it -- don't let him play that game.

Or ignore him completely, pass a responsible, deficit-reducing budget in both houses, and force him to veto it. Ditto with various funding bills, while defunding his executive decisions. Repeatedly.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-01-29 16:48|| 2015-01-29 16:48|| Front Page Top

#13 He wants to break the sequester.

Lets hope it's this, or some other internal politics reason, rather than Obama deciding that he's a great war leader.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-01-29 17:22|| 2015-01-29 17:22|| Front Page Top

#14 Republicans should make sure that all funding for military operations flows through a primary account dedicated to funding A-10 close air support aircraft operations, and under the disbursement control of Infantry Branch, US Army.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-01-29 21:11|| 2015-01-29 21:11|| Front Page Top

#15 Lets hope it's this, or some other internal politics reason, rather than Obama deciding that he's a great war leader.

Well he did personally lead Seal Team Six when it took out Osama. Or at least he's convinced himself he did and that's all that's important.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-01-29 21:15|| 2015-01-29 21:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Mehhh, I prefer the way STAR WARS' PREQUEL, CONCILLOR-N-FUTURE-EMPEROR-TO-BE PALPATINE said it, "I propose to create a Grand Army of the [Galactic] Republic".

Asia-Pacific or East Asia-Pacific is now the OWG SSSHHH ...PCCCCCC "Global Commons".

Which, of course, directly means or infers that future World#1 Wannabe, "Mahanist", OWG Co-Superpower Rising China M-U-S-T get control of 1/2 of the Pacific aka WESTPAC ASAP AMAP ALAP by 2020 NLT 2025, which in trun again inversely means the MSM-Net, Pert-verified "Weak/Declining" USA M-U-S-T surrender like Vichy France + unilaterally PCorrectly-Deniably fall back to Hawaii + US West Coast aka EASTPAC.

AND HOPE NONE OF THE ABOVE IS MIS-INTERPRETED AS DE FACTO STRATEGIC WEAKNESS ON THE PART OF GLOBALIST AMERIKA BY MILPOL RIVALS, NUKULAAR NATIONS + NUKULAAR NGOS, ETAL.

The US = US-Allies is helping Iran + Muslim World to Nuclearize, so why not to pretend the US was "forced" to give up power-n-influence = "spheres of influence" to protagonists???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-01-29 22:03|| 2015-01-29 22:03|| Front Page Top

#17 As per #5, you gotta love Babes in Red.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-01-29 22:05|| 2015-01-29 22:05|| Front Page Top

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