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| Military fears 'unknown quantity' |
| 2008-02-26 |
| Members of Washington's military and defense establishment are expressing trepidation about Sen. Barack Obama, as the Illinois senator comes closer to winning the Democratic presidential nomination and leads in national polls to become commander in chief. But his backers, including a former Air Force chief of staff, say the rookie senator believes in a strong military, and with it, a larger Army and Marine Corps. "Any military person who concludes he's a left-wing, hair-on-fire, Kumbaya child of the '60s has sadly misunderestimated him, to use George Bush's term," said retired Gen. Merrill McPeak. Still, the mostly conservative retired officers, industry executives and current defense officials interviewed by The Washington Times cite Mr. Obama's lack of experience in national security. They also point to his determination to pull American combat units from Iraq at a time when a troop surge has reduced violence, damaged al Qaeda and allowed the Iraqi government to progress toward Sunni-Shia-Kurd reconciliation. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #4 Saw this video cc B.O. via WZ. Had to watch it a couple of time to see if it was a dubbed re-hash or otherwise made up. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-02-26 16:34 |
| #3 if you google Korb's Bio, the first three hits are Mother Jones, ThinkProgress, and PBS..... seems like a fav of the left |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-26 11:52 |
| #2 Defense industry executives worry that Mr. Obama will end six years of defense budget increases and, as he has repeatedly said on the campaign trail and in debates, tap into war and military funds to support his plan for universal health care. "We've got some trepidation. There is no track record," said an industry executive of the first-term senator. "He's an unknown quantity and that scares us a little bit." There are people still around from the 70s who remember how the Donks gutted defense, eliminated meaningful training and maintenance saved but for a very small portion of the force, reduced the married ranks to food stamp recipients, operated one of the largest ghetto housing inventory in North America, and expected the military to operate one of the largest drug rehab programs for their dependent/victim constituency. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-26 11:47 |
| #1 ...If 'Red Mike' McPeak told me the sky was blue and the grass was green, I'd send a few trusted NCOs out to check first. He did more damage to the USAF in his brief time as COS than any enemy ever has. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-02-26 11:17 |