Some people seem to believe all the promises and assurances that he would cut the military are just election promises.
Ok.
NEW BEDFORD — After the November election, Democrats will push for a second
economic stimulus package that includes money for the states' stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for healthcare expenses, food stamps and extended unemployment benefits, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Thursday.
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income taxpayers are going to see an increase in what they are asked to pay.
The Clinton administration cut the US military by, between 25-40% (depending upon area of the service), and now Barney wants another 25% cut - to ensure that the US will lose its position in the world. We have watched enough evil happen without getting involved - what reasonable person would want to allow greater evil to occur and the US be unable to intervene because our 'allies' do not agree.
Serbia/Bosnia - the US waited for our 'allies' to act - THEY REFUSED. We had to get involved before they would. If the US was unable to act militarily, unilaterally, who would ever want to join a loser? Would the Europeans have been forced to act if the US never intervened? I doubt it very much.
The US must be able to act unilaterally anywhere and anytime - but that concept does not fit with the liberal orthodoxy on the subject of the military and its purpose.
We must not allow Obama and Frank to dictate these terms.
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