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2011-11-07 Home Front: WoT

Panetta Weighs Military Cuts Once Thought Out of Bounds

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Posted by Steve White 2011-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

I knew it was in there, somewhere.

Hmmm... No other function of government is quite so clear in the Preamble. Meanwhile, everything else falls under "general Welfare" or Blessings of Liberty", neither of which stand a chance without the "common defense".

Some Tea Party folks think defense spending should be slashed? Like, uh...which ones?

Posted by Bobby 2011-11-07 06:02|| 2011-11-07 06:02|| Front Page Top

#2
Money spent on an Army or Fleet
Is homicidal lunacy. . . .
My son has been killed in the Mons retreat,
Why is the Lord afflicting me?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-11-07 06:14|| 2011-11-07 06:14|| Front Page Top

#3 We can start by withdrawing from defending First World Countries. If they are unable or unwilling to defend themselves by now [half a century], its their fate by their choosing.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-11-07 08:11|| 2011-11-07 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Mr. Panetta, a former White House budget chief, acknowledged in an interview that he faced deep political pressures as he weighed cuts to Pentagon spending, ~~which has doubled to $700 billion a year~~ returned to historical norms since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Posted by woggut 2011-11-07 10:32|| 2011-11-07 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Once I was opposed to most spending cuts but now I find it hard to justify the large number of supercarriers, marine carriers, and ballistic missile subs. I like having them, but the cost is way high, and I think one or two carrier groups might be a better savings than going after retirement or medical benefits which would (a) be dishonorable to those that served and (b) cut into recruiting and reenlistment big time.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-11-07 14:45|| 2011-11-07 14:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought this was going to be one of those Panetta, Obummble, Congress setting-the-example by taking a pay cut stories. What the heck was I thinking?

Posted by JohnQC 2011-11-07 16:06|| 2011-11-07 16:06|| Front Page Top

#7 It is very common to pull this sort of thing during budget battles. When the state must cut back it's always schools, firemen and cops that they threaten instead of the number of beaucrats filling the statehouse. When the feds want to cut things they threat the military (or better yet military pensions and housing) instead of cutting out the number of staffers, or god forbid pork projects.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-11-07 21:02|| 2011-11-07 21:02|| Front Page Top

#8 The USN repor wants to cut 9 TICONDEROGAS + 3 WHIDBEY ISLANDS for FYS2013 + 2014 - oer at WAFF, the US Army repor may consider purchasing the GERMAN "PUMA" IFV as FGV to replace the Bradley???

AND THE NEXT QE = "STIMULUS" AMOUNT IN SUPPORT OF OUR DESIRED "1000-FLAG", "Mothership"-centric/happy?, OWG-NWO "GLOBAL TASK FORCE" [OWG/Global Navy] THAT NO AMERICAN = AMERIKAN HAS YET VOTED FOR WILL BE .....???

Lest we fergit, as per FAILED SOLYNDRA = the USDOD was desired to be a major user = buyer of such "green/green tech"technology.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-07 22:57|| 2011-11-07 22:57|| Front Page Top

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