US to Cut Carrier Fleet in Persian Gulf to 1

Military.Com ^ | Feb. 7, 2012 | Lolita C. Baldon

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On Wednesday, Panetta laid out a grim list of spending cuts the Pentagon will have to make in the coming weeks that he said will seriously damage the country's economy and degrade the military's ability to respond to a crisis.

Criticizing members of Congress as irresponsible, Panetta said lawmakers are willing to push the country off a fiscal cliff to damage their political opponents.

If Congress doesn't pass a budget, Panetta said, the Pentagon will have to absorb $46 billion in spending reductions in this fiscal year and will face a $35 billion shortfall in operating expenses.

"My fear is that there is a dangerous and callous attitude that is developing among some Republicans and some Democrats, that these dangerous cuts can be allowed to take place in order to blame the other party for the consequences," Panetta said in a speech at Georgetown University. "This is a kind of `so what?' attitude that says, `Let's see how bad it can get in order to have the other party blink.'"

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Service members won't riot and burn down cities if you cut their deployments, training and spare parts.

No, but they're gonna be mighty pissed and when obama makes the order for them to shoot Americans, they'll turn the guns on the tyrants instead and take pleasure in finishing them off in a matter of minutes. At least that's my constant dream.

[MarkL]

I don't understand why we need any naval fleets in the Persian Gulf... Now that Obama's installed his buddies the islamists in nearly every country in the middle east and north africa, we have no use for naval forces. They're Obama's buds! They love us now.

Mark

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More bad work from the Obama.