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Col. Oliver North: 'There is no strategy' to the defense budget that reduces military to pre-WWII...
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| February 24, 2014
| Van Susteren/Oliver North
Posted on 02/25/2014 11:17:31 AM PST by jazusamo
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:17:31 AM PST
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jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Actually there is a strategy, but Col. North is wise enough not to say what it is on television.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:19:19 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: 2rightsleftcoast; abner; ACAC; advertising guy; amom; AnalogReigns; Anoreth; Arkinsaw; ...
OLIVER NORTH PING!
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:19:40 AM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:20:17 AM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: jazusamo
The strategy is to fundamentally transform America. He is right on schedule.
Hey Obama, appeasement leads to war. Yes, I know that's part of your plan, to destroy America.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:25:29 AM PST
by
Art in Idaho
(Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
To: jazusamo
...it doesn't do the thing that defense budgets are supposed it to do and that is to support a national strategy. A thing I pointed out yesterday, but do I get an interview on Fox? Nooooo...
Joking aside, this really is the crux of the matter. In the absence of a change in overall national strategy this is a useless gesture at best and potentially a very harmful one. OK, so we're going to cut the size of the Army. What about its current commitments? Sure, we can reduce the Navy to 8 carrier battle groups or less. What about its current commitments? And has anyone pointed out that you don't just stop spending money on this stuff, that it costs money to retire?
I'm hoping that this planning really has taken place and it is simply a failure to communicate. I'm hoping for the Easter Bunny, too.
To: jazusamo
There is a strategy:
it’s driven by the fact that we’re broke.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:26:43 AM PST
by
warchild9
To: jazusamo
WW II used the draft to get all the troops needed and that didn’t include women, gays or Guard. Right now the army seems like a gig to create Generals and recycle them into commentators. Eisenhower and MacArthur served for the duration. The WW II system worked just fine - declare a war, get overwhelming force with the help of Rosie the Riveter and win it.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:30:07 AM PST
by
ex-snook
(God is Love)
To: jazusamo
But Obama needs the money to pay for Obamacare....
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:30:52 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: jazusamo
The strategy is “F-— the military and give out more foodstamps.”
That’s it.
To: warchild9; jazusamo
its driven by the fact that were broke.
We're broke because the feds spend most of our tax monies on items that are not constitutionally mandated.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:30:56 AM PST
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SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
We’re broke because there are too many parasites and not enough producers.
To: Billthedrill
Yep, and cutting to pre WWII levels could be suicide now with what’s taking place in the world.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:35:24 AM PST
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jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:37:53 AM PST
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jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: SoConPubbie
"We're broke because the feds spend most of our tax monies on items that are not constitutionally mandated. "And that includes wars that were not Constitutionally formally declared. Also throw in nation building and deficit trade financing. Spending on Americans should be the last item we cut.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:38:40 AM PST
by
ex-snook
(God is Love)
To: jazusamo
To: jazusamo
'There is no strategy' to the defense budget that reduces military to pre-WWII... Uh, there's definitely a strategy.
The military is loyal to the Constitution, and our wannabe Dictator in Chief views them as a threat to his ambitions.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:50:42 AM PST
by
SIDENET
To: Phillyred
only w/ the Moose/Reggie Love...
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:51:22 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: warchild9
Broke? Not according to the administration. They keep adding programs and debt like crazy. So the administration’s supposed strategy is not “we’re broke”. Their strategy is to gut the military because they despise the military and American “hegemony”. It also frees up money in their minds for even more spending.
To: warchild9
Were broke because there are too many parasites and not enough producers.
True and my approach would fix that. Only fund those items that are constitutionally mandated.
The military is one of the constitutionally mandated items.
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posted on
02/25/2014 12:10:12 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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