May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here. -- Ronald Reagan

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Still Questioning If Dems Anti-Military?


There was John Murtha accusing American Soldiers of murder.

There was John Kerry saying American Soldiers were kicking in doors of people and terrorizing them.

There was Harry "Dusty" Reid saying the war was lost.

There was Jimmy Carter that gutted the military financially and completely demoralized it. I was in the Navy during his administration and have first hand knowledge of the havoc visited upon the US Military.

Now we have Barney Frank, primary designer of the the meltdown of the real estate and finance sectors of our economy, wanting to do to the military what Carter did. He formed a commission called the Sustainable Defense Task Force. They are made up of "scholars"! Anyone surprised that during the Obama administration, that has the highest number of academics in its administration than any previous presidency, has Dems forming committees with only ivory tower eggheads on it, and no experienced people?

This group of "scholars" has recommended about $960 billion between 2011 and 2020 to be cut from the military.

Big cuts in the crucial F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Major slowdown in procurement of a new midair refueling tanker that the Air force says is crucial to keep on schedule. Big cuts in the Navy, reducing the fleet to 230 ships instead of the 313 the Navy says it needs to be effective and combat ready. That's just the hardware needed to protect this nation, something the Dems are against. If the Dems were for protecting the country, they wouldn't be wanting to cut a military already running on fumes, and they would protect our borders.

The V-22 Osprey program and the Marine Corps’s Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle would be cut entirely.

Missiles and bombers would be drastically reduced. The number of missiles and nuclear warheads on submarines would be drastically reduced.

What else is in this, is the devastation to the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. Medical services to the warriors and their families will be cut $60 billion by "reforming" their medical services. They want to "reform" military compensation to save about $55 billion.

Full article here.

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