Army: 78% Of Combat Brigades Will Skip Training Due To Sequester, CR

AOL Defense ^ | 6 Feb 13 | Staff

[TADSLOS]

Afghanistan and Iraq. We win the war in weeks then spend 10 years trying to win the peace. Send the military to win wars. You want peacemakers send the Peace Corps.

Bingo. Same with "nation building".

[garbanzo]

No, that isn’t all the options! There are thousands of federal agencies that can be cut, furloughed, or closed completely, and there will be little difference in how the nation proceeds.

And it will make next to no difference to the federal deficit. Here's the problem. "Everything else" is chump change. It's like a couple on the edge of bankruptcy refusing to sell their yacht, get rid of their country club membership, and selling their thoroughbred and instead canceling their cable subscription to save money.

[jch10]

You fail to see the total picture. The more that is cut from other budgets, the less cut from the military. Plus, permanent cuts to the waste will not be a factor in the future.

[celmak]

Does anyone know the percentage change of the budget if the sequester takes effect over one year/ten years? If so, please give the amount before and after the baseline of the budget is given for those years so we can see the whole picture. Frankly, I came up with less then 10% difference; and that's after the baseline is implemented!