Correcting the liberal lies about the defense budget

[mamooth]

What do you know - a liberal points to another country because they can't defend their indefensible position.

Back in the real world, the defense budgets of other nations matter. You have no common sense on this issue.

I keep posing this question but no liberal will answer it for me Carb. Maybe you'll be the first. If these other nations are so great - how come none of you liberal denounce your citizenship and go live in them?

Because we like it here.

And when Clinton is elected and you go apeshit with hatred directed against the USA, as so many conservatives already do under Obama, we'll be tossing that stupid strawman back in your face and laughing hard.

And how come people from all over the world risk their lives (literally risk their lives) to come here to the U.S.?

Because it beats a third world hellhole. As do many other nations, which is why people try emigrating to many nations, not just the USA. If the USA was the only nation emigrants were trying to reach, that point wouldn't have failed so hard.

Congrats - you literally just made the worst case ever for why the U.S. needs to cut the defense budget. The nations you listed were either overthrown and surrendered or were part of the aggressors that got their ass kicked by the United States. So basically - you want the U.S. to be so weak another nation could over throw us? Typical liberal.

Bin Laden openly stated his plan was to bankrupt the USA by sending stupid American into a panic so they'd waste all their money on defense. You're a willing patsy of the jihadists. Typical conservative.

 

[Conservative65]

The problem is that we don't have a defense budget. We have an empire budget.

No, it's a defense budget. That you don't like the amount spent doesn't make it what you call it.

Are you stupid enough to argue that the Constitution doesn't give the federal government authority to raise a military? I hope not. Giving you the benefit of the doubt, the assumption is you simply don't like the amount. That comes under the heading of tough shit.

Where in the constitution does it say the government should build and maintain a million military bases all over the planet so that we can interfere in foreign affairs as much as possible?

The part where it makes the federal government responsible for defense and the leaders in the federal government (the president, the secretary of defense, the joint chiefs of staff, the general, the national security advisor, etc.) deem it necessary for the security of America to have bases all over the world.

Does that answer your question? Sad that you need that explained to you.

He either wouldn't understand it or doesn't want to understand it. Maybe a combination of both. His entire argument stems around a dislike of the amount. Even he's not stupid enough to challenge the authority of the government to fund a military.

The Constitution makes defense the responsibility of the federal government. If they deem that bases around the world are necessary for our security - so be it. If TOS vehemently disagrees with that strategy, then he should make his case to the American people (including his background in national security making him an expert on this subject) and convince them to vote for candidates that would close those bases. One of those was Ron Paul who ran for president in 2012. But something tells me TOS mocked and ridiculed Ron Paul.

That's the point I made to him. The federal government has the authority and, thus, the responsibility to provide what they deem is necessary for security. That he doesn't like it revolves around his dislike of the amount spent.

I'm still waiting on him to show me where handouts are the responsibility of the federal government.

 

[Moonglow]

The false liberal narrative is that we have some insane, unimaginable defense budget that is "bloated", "unnecessary", and "wasteful". They of course follow that false narrative up with "take that money and use it on public assistance". And that is why they are lying about the defense budget. Because the socialist "public assistance" agenda is unsustainable. It is bankrupting this nation and the left doesn't want to let go of it. So they create a false narrative about something (defense) which is not only exponentially more vital, but also the constitutional responsibility of the federal government.

The military has actually been forced under Barack Obama to scavenge museums for the airplane parts they need to keep their aircrafts flying. That is absolutely inexcusable. It's something one would expect from the Soviet Union as they were collapsing - not from the world's elite super-power. And it is the result of liberals gutting the defense budget over and over and over while throwing trillions of dollars at the welfare class in order to purchase votes.

The men and women who server in our military deserve much better than this. They deserve the best. The best supply chain. The best parts. The best technology. The best equipment. And the best benefits (healthcare, education, etc.). Traditionally, the military has voted Republican for this very reason. The left should be ashamed at how they not only treat our military (which is worse than dirt) but also how they advocate to take more money from them and treat them even worse than they do now. Not only should we not cut the defense budget one penny more - we should increase the defense budget at least 50% (if not double it).

• Marine Corps mechanics have had to scavenge F-18 parts from museums to keep their planes flying. Even with the scavenging, only 30% of those F-18s are ready to fly today. Unfortunately, similar serious challenges face all the military services.

• The 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength looked at the size, capabilities, and readiness of each part of the military and concluded that as a package the military is only “marginal” in its ability to protect America.

• The Army, which just became the smallest since before World War II, fell even lower to a “weak” rating due to the dramatic cuts in its size and readiness.

Congress Must Act Now to Start Rebuilding the US Military

It would be hard to scavenge for parts of an F-35.......Oh and sequestration was a GOP idea.....

Except that Obama made the sequestration cuts to defense instead of to public assistance as the GOP fought for. Epic fail Moon (something you're used to by now though!).

The budget bill is submitted by the president to Congress for approval....the sequestration cuts were a percentage of a decrease to everyone's budget....Then the president signs the bill...And appropriations are made....

Indeed, Washington seems to have dropped off a cliff in which the president is too cool to engage and lawmakers can’t remember what government used to do. The standard for success in Congress is simply to avoid a shutdown. Public investments in the nation’s welfare are locked in by a funding level first set for a world that existed 10 years ago.

Read more: Fall budget wars a legacy moment for Obama
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

 

[P@triot]

What do you know - a liberal points to another country because they can't defend their indefensible position.

Back in the real world, the defense budgets of other nations matter. You have no common sense on this issue.

Back in the real world - they don't. At all. Back in the real world, I own you mammy and you know it.

 

[TheOldSchool]

The problem is that we don't have a defense budget. We have an empire budget.

No, it's a defense budget. That you don't like the amount spent doesn't make it what you call it.

Are you stupid enough to argue that the Constitution doesn't give the federal government authority to raise a military? I hope not. Giving you the benefit of the doubt, the assumption is you simply don't like the amount. That comes under the heading of tough shit.

Where in the constitution does it say the government should build and maintain a million military bases all over the planet so that we can interfere in foreign affairs as much as possible?

The part where it makes the federal government responsible for defense and the leaders in the federal government (the president, the secretary of defense, the joint chiefs of staff, the general, the national security advisor, etc.) deem it necessary for the security of America to have bases all over the world.

Does that answer your question? Sad that you need that explained to you.

He either wouldn't understand it or doesn't want to understand it. Maybe a combination of both. His entire argument stems around a dislike of the amount. Even he's not stupid enough to challenge the authority of the government to fund a military.

The Constitution makes defense the responsibility of the federal government. If they deem that bases around the world are necessary for our security - so be it. If TOS vehemently disagrees with that strategy, then he should make his case to the American people (including his background in national security making him an expert on this subject) and convince them to vote for candidates that would close those bases. One of those was Ron Paul who ran for president in 2012. But something tells me TOS mocked and ridiculed Ron Paul.

Ron would have been a great candidate if not for his religious nonsense.

 

[Conservative65]

What do you know - a liberal points to another country because they can't defend their indefensible position.

Back in the real world, the defense budgets of other nations matter. You have no common sense on this issue.

I keep posing this question but no liberal will answer it for me Carb. Maybe you'll be the first. If these other nations are so great - how come none of you liberal denounce your citizenship and go live in them?

Because we like it here.

And when Clinton is elected and you go apeshit with hatred directed against the USA, as so many conservatives already do under Obama, we'll be tossing that stupid strawman back in your face and laughing hard.

And how come people from all over the world risk their lives (literally risk their lives) to come here to the U.S.?

Because it beats a third world hellhole. As do many other nations, which is why people try emigrating to many nations, not just the USA. If the USA was the only nation emigrants were trying to reach, that point wouldn't have failed so hard.

Congrats - you literally just made the worst case ever for why the U.S. needs to cut the defense budget. The nations you listed were either overthrown and surrendered or were part of the aggressors that got their ass kicked by the United States. So basically - you want the U.S. to be so weak another nation could over throw us? Typical liberal.

Bin Laden openly stated his plan was to bankrupt the USA by sending stupid American into a panic so they'd waste all their money on defense. You're a willing patsy of the jihadists. Typical conservative.

Says the puppet that thinks black skin color and a vagina make someone qualified.

 

[Kosh]

The false liberal narrative is that we have some insane, unimaginable defense budget that is "bloated", "unnecessary", and "wasteful". They of course follow that false narrative up with "take that money and use it on public assistance". And that is why they are lying about the defense budget. Because the socialist "public assistance" agenda is unsustainable. It is bankrupting this nation and the left doesn't want to let go of it. So they create a false narrative about something (defense) which is not only exponentially more vital, but also the constitutional responsibility of the federal government.

The military has actually been forced under Barack Obama to scavenge museums for the airplane parts they need to keep their aircrafts flying. That is absolutely inexcusable. It's something one would expect from the Soviet Union as they were collapsing - not from the world's elite super-power. And it is the result of liberals gutting the defense budget over and over and over while throwing trillions of dollars at the welfare class in order to purchase votes.

The men and women who server in our military deserve much better than this. They deserve the best. The best supply chain. The best parts. The best technology. The best equipment. And the best benefits (healthcare, education, etc.). Traditionally, the military has voted Republican for this very reason. The left should be ashamed at how they not only treat our military (which is worse than dirt) but also how they advocate to take more money from them and treat them even worse than they do now. Not only should we not cut the defense budget one penny more - we should increase the defense budget at least 50% (if not double it).

• Marine Corps mechanics have had to scavenge F-18 parts from museums to keep their planes flying. Even with the scavenging, only 30% of those F-18s are ready to fly today. Unfortunately, similar serious challenges face all the military services.

• The 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength looked at the size, capabilities, and readiness of each part of the military and concluded that as a package the military is only “marginal” in its ability to protect America.

• The Army, which just became the smallest since before World War II, fell even lower to a “weak” rating due to the dramatic cuts in its size and readiness.

Congress Must Act Now to Start Rebuilding the US Military

Military spending is Constitutional..

 

[P@triot]

Because we like it here.

And when Clinton is elected and you go apeshit with hatred directed against the USA, as so many conservatives already do under Obama, we'll be tossing that stupid strawman back in your face and laughing hard.

Talk about "straw man". What an ignorant response. I never said you should leave the U.S. for criticizing the government (as any good citizen should do). I said you should leave the U.S. for criticizing this nation and even more - for pointing to other nations about how great they are.

I never point to other nations and tell people how the U.S. should do what they are doing. Notice I didn't post the defense budgets of other nations and say we should mimic what they were doing? Exactly.

Epic (and ignorant) fail mammy.

 

[Conservative65]

The false liberal narrative is that we have some insane, unimaginable defense budget that is "bloated", "unnecessary", and "wasteful". They of course follow that false narrative up with "take that money and use it on public assistance". And that is why they are lying about the defense budget. Because the socialist "public assistance" agenda is unsustainable. It is bankrupting this nation and the left doesn't want to let go of it. So they create a false narrative about something (defense) which is not only exponentially more vital, but also the constitutional responsibility of the federal government.

The military has actually been forced under Barack Obama to scavenge museums for the airplane parts they need to keep their aircrafts flying. That is absolutely inexcusable. It's something one would expect from the Soviet Union as they were collapsing - not from the world's elite super-power. And it is the result of liberals gutting the defense budget over and over and over while throwing trillions of dollars at the welfare class in order to purchase votes.

The men and women who server in our military deserve much better than this. They deserve the best. The best supply chain. The best parts. The best technology. The best equipment. And the best benefits (healthcare, education, etc.). Traditionally, the military has voted Republican for this very reason. The left should be ashamed at how they not only treat our military (which is worse than dirt) but also how they advocate to take more money from them and treat them even worse than they do now. Not only should we not cut the defense budget one penny more - we should increase the defense budget at least 50% (if not double it).

• Marine Corps mechanics have had to scavenge F-18 parts from museums to keep their planes flying. Even with the scavenging, only 30% of those F-18s are ready to fly today. Unfortunately, similar serious challenges face all the military services.

• The 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength looked at the size, capabilities, and readiness of each part of the military and concluded that as a package the military is only “marginal” in its ability to protect America.

• The Army, which just became the smallest since before World War II, fell even lower to a “weak” rating due to the dramatic cuts in its size and readiness.

Congress Must Act Now to Start Rebuilding the US Military

Military spending is Constitutional..

That's the only thing people like OldSchool, Mamooth, etc. need to understand. Anything else is nothing more than a bunch of whining about the amount that should be spent.

 

[P@triot]

The false liberal narrative is that we have some insane, unimaginable defense budget that is "bloated", "unnecessary", and "wasteful". They of course follow that false narrative up with "take that money and use it on public assistance". And that is why they are lying about the defense budget. Because the socialist "public assistance" agenda is unsustainable. It is bankrupting this nation and the left doesn't want to let go of it. So they create a false narrative about something (defense) which is not only exponentially more vital, but also the constitutional responsibility of the federal government.

The military has actually been forced under Barack Obama to scavenge museums for the airplane parts they need to keep their aircrafts flying. That is absolutely inexcusable. It's something one would expect from the Soviet Union as they were collapsing - not from the world's elite super-power. And it is the result of liberals gutting the defense budget over and over and over while throwing trillions of dollars at the welfare class in order to purchase votes.

The men and women who server in our military deserve much better than this. They deserve the best. The best supply chain. The best parts. The best technology. The best equipment. And the best benefits (healthcare, education, etc.). Traditionally, the military has voted Republican for this very reason. The left should be ashamed at how they not only treat our military (which is worse than dirt) but also how they advocate to take more money from them and treat them even worse than they do now. Not only should we not cut the defense budget one penny more - we should increase the defense budget at least 50% (if not double it).

• Marine Corps mechanics have had to scavenge F-18 parts from museums to keep their planes flying. Even with the scavenging, only 30% of those F-18s are ready to fly today. Unfortunately, similar serious challenges face all the military services.

• The 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength looked at the size, capabilities, and readiness of each part of the military and concluded that as a package the military is only “marginal” in its ability to protect America.

• The Army, which just became the smallest since before World War II, fell even lower to a “weak” rating due to the dramatic cuts in its size and readiness.

Congress Must Act Now to Start Rebuilding the US Military

It would be hard to scavenge for parts of an F-35.......Oh and sequestration was a GOP idea.....

Except that Obama made the sequestration cuts to defense instead of to public assistance as the GOP fought for. Epic fail Moon (something you're used to by now though!).

The budget bill is submitted by the president to Congress for approval....the sequestration cuts were a percentage of a decrease to everyone's budget....Then the president signs the bill...And appropriations are made....

Indeed, Washington seems to have dropped off a cliff in which the president is too cool to engage and lawmakers can’t remember what government used to do. The standard for success in Congress is simply to avoid a shutdown. Public investments in the nation’s welfare are locked in by a funding level first set for a world that existed 10 years ago.

Read more: Fall budget wars a legacy moment for Obama
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

Yeah....RINO's like Boehner caved to the president. They got the sequestration cuts the nation needed to survive - Obama got to make them to defense (which he was dying to cut all along). It's why RINO's like Boehner no longer exist in Congress.

Truth. It is a bitch, uh moon?

 

[mamooth]

Back in the real world - they don't. At all. Back in the real world, I own you mammy and you know it.

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo ...

You're actually claiming that if no other nation in the world spent any money at all on defense, we'd still need an even bigger defense budget.

You're wildly deficient in common sense. Nothing more can be said. You're simply not in touch with reality.

 

[mamooth]

Says the puppet that thinks black skin color and a vagina make someone qualified.

When the bedwetters start lying about me outright, that's how I know I've spanked their little bitch asses hard.

 

[Moonglow]

The false liberal narrative is that we have some insane, unimaginable defense budget that is "bloated", "unnecessary", and "wasteful". They of course follow that false narrative up with "take that money and use it on public assistance". And that is why they are lying about the defense budget. Because the socialist "public assistance" agenda is unsustainable. It is bankrupting this nation and the left doesn't want to let go of it. So they create a false narrative about something (defense) which is not only exponentially more vital, but also the constitutional responsibility of the federal government.

The military has actually been forced under Barack Obama to scavenge museums for the airplane parts they need to keep their aircrafts flying. That is absolutely inexcusable. It's something one would expect from the Soviet Union as they were collapsing - not from the world's elite super-power. And it is the result of liberals gutting the defense budget over and over and over while throwing trillions of dollars at the welfare class in order to purchase votes.

The men and women who server in our military deserve much better than this. They deserve the best. The best supply chain. The best parts. The best technology. The best equipment. And the best benefits (healthcare, education, etc.). Traditionally, the military has voted Republican for this very reason. The left should be ashamed at how they not only treat our military (which is worse than dirt) but also how they advocate to take more money from them and treat them even worse than they do now. Not only should we not cut the defense budget one penny more - we should increase the defense budget at least 50% (if not double it).

• Marine Corps mechanics have had to scavenge F-18 parts from museums to keep their planes flying. Even with the scavenging, only 30% of those F-18s are ready to fly today. Unfortunately, similar serious challenges face all the military services.

• The 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength looked at the size, capabilities, and readiness of each part of the military and concluded that as a package the military is only “marginal” in its ability to protect America.

• The Army, which just became the smallest since before World War II, fell even lower to a “weak” rating due to the dramatic cuts in its size and readiness.

Congress Must Act Now to Start Rebuilding the US Military

It would be hard to scavenge for parts of an F-35.......Oh and sequestration was a GOP idea.....

Except that Obama made the sequestration cuts to defense instead of to public assistance as the GOP fought for. Epic fail Moon (something you're used to by now though!).

The budget bill is submitted by the president to Congress for approval....the sequestration cuts were a percentage of a decrease to everyone's budget....Then the president signs the bill...And appropriations are made....

Indeed, Washington seems to have dropped off a cliff in which the president is too cool to engage and lawmakers can’t remember what government used to do. The standard for success in Congress is simply to avoid a shutdown. Public investments in the nation’s welfare are locked in by a funding level first set for a world that existed 10 years ago.

Read more: Fall budget wars a legacy moment for Obama
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

Yeah....RINO's like Boehner caved to the president. They got the sequestration cuts the nation needed to survive - Obama got to make them to defense (which he was dying to cut all along). It's why RINO's like Boehner no longer exist in Congress.

Truth. It is a bitch, uh moon?

Well it's no surprise you think a trillion dollars is not enough to run a military...

 

[Conservative65]

Says the puppet that thinks black skin color and a vagina make someone qualified.

When the bedwetters start lying about me outright, that's how I know I've spanked their little bitch asses hard.

What lie? Not my fault you hide from the truth.

As far as spanking anything, what you do to yourself should stay in private.

 

[P@triot]

Because it beats a third world hellhole. As do many other nations, which is why people try emigrating to many nations, not just the USA. If the USA was the only nation emigrants were trying to reach, that point wouldn't have failed so hard.

I rest my case. Here is a libtard showing nothing but contempt for the U.S. She doesn't acknowledge that the U.S. is the best nation in world history. Nope. She says "well....it beats a third-world hellhole".

Prime example why you assholes should leave. But then again, all of you realize that you wouldn't have conservatives to mooch off of. Incidentally - it was the idiot liberal policy that you advocate for which created those "third-world hellholes".

Also stupid, nobody risks their lives to get in to England, or Australia, or Canada, stupid. Those are last resorts for people who feel they can't make it to or get into the U.S. Epic fail again mammy. You're about to set a record here.

 

[Moonglow]

Says the puppet that thinks black skin color and a vagina make someone qualified.

When the bedwetters start lying about me outright, that's how I know I've spanked their little bitch asses hard.

What's even funnier is that Congress directs the military on what to buy and funds the operation according to data submitted by the Joint Chiefs...That title sounds like a doobie holder...

 

[Conservative65]

The false liberal narrative is that we have some insane, unimaginable defense budget that is "bloated", "unnecessary", and "wasteful". They of course follow that false narrative up with "take that money and use it on public assistance". And that is why they are lying about the defense budget. Because the socialist "public assistance" agenda is unsustainable. It is bankrupting this nation and the left doesn't want to let go of it. So they create a false narrative about something (defense) which is not only exponentially more vital, but also the constitutional responsibility of the federal government.

The military has actually been forced under Barack Obama to scavenge museums for the airplane parts they need to keep their aircrafts flying. That is absolutely inexcusable. It's something one would expect from the Soviet Union as they were collapsing - not from the world's elite super-power. And it is the result of liberals gutting the defense budget over and over and over while throwing trillions of dollars at the welfare class in order to purchase votes.

The men and women who server in our military deserve much better than this. They deserve the best. The best supply chain. The best parts. The best technology. The best equipment. And the best benefits (healthcare, education, etc.). Traditionally, the military has voted Republican for this very reason. The left should be ashamed at how they not only treat our military (which is worse than dirt) but also how they advocate to take more money from them and treat them even worse than they do now. Not only should we not cut the defense budget one penny more - we should increase the defense budget at least 50% (if not double it).

• Marine Corps mechanics have had to scavenge F-18 parts from museums to keep their planes flying. Even with the scavenging, only 30% of those F-18s are ready to fly today. Unfortunately, similar serious challenges face all the military services.

• The 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength looked at the size, capabilities, and readiness of each part of the military and concluded that as a package the military is only “marginal” in its ability to protect America.

• The Army, which just became the smallest since before World War II, fell even lower to a “weak” rating due to the dramatic cuts in its size and readiness.

Congress Must Act Now to Start Rebuilding the US Military

It would be hard to scavenge for parts of an F-35.......Oh and sequestration was a GOP idea.....

Except that Obama made the sequestration cuts to defense instead of to public assistance as the GOP fought for. Epic fail Moon (something you're used to by now though!).

The budget bill is submitted by the president to Congress for approval....the sequestration cuts were a percentage of a decrease to everyone's budget....Then the president signs the bill...And appropriations are made....

Indeed, Washington seems to have dropped off a cliff in which the president is too cool to engage and lawmakers can’t remember what government used to do. The standard for success in Congress is simply to avoid a shutdown. Public investments in the nation’s welfare are locked in by a funding level first set for a world that existed 10 years ago.

Read more: Fall budget wars a legacy moment for Obama
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

Yeah....RINO's like Boehner caved to the president. They got the sequestration cuts the nation needed to survive - Obama got to make them to defense (which he was dying to cut all along). It's why RINO's like Boehner no longer exist in Congress.

Truth. It is a bitch, uh moon?

Well it's no surprise you think a trillion dollars is not enough to run a military...

I'm sure you can show where a trillion was spent on the military.

 

[Moonglow]

It would be hard to scavenge for parts of an F-35.......Oh and sequestration was a GOP idea.....

Except that Obama made the sequestration cuts to defense instead of to public assistance as the GOP fought for. Epic fail Moon (something you're used to by now though!).

The budget bill is submitted by the president to Congress for approval....the sequestration cuts were a percentage of a decrease to everyone's budget....Then the president signs the bill...And appropriations are made....

Indeed, Washington seems to have dropped off a cliff in which the president is too cool to engage and lawmakers can’t remember what government used to do. The standard for success in Congress is simply to avoid a shutdown. Public investments in the nation’s welfare are locked in by a funding level first set for a world that existed 10 years ago.

Read more: Fall budget wars a legacy moment for Obama
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

Yeah....RINO's like Boehner caved to the president. They got the sequestration cuts the nation needed to survive - Obama got to make them to defense (which he was dying to cut all along). It's why RINO's like Boehner no longer exist in Congress.

Truth. It is a bitch, uh moon?

Well it's no surprise you think a trillion dollars is not enough to run a military...

I'm sure you can show where a trillion was spent on the military.

I am sure you can also..

 

[P@triot]

The false liberal narrative is that we have some insane, unimaginable defense budget that is "bloated", "unnecessary", and "wasteful". They of course follow that false narrative up with "take that money and use it on public assistance". And that is why they are lying about the defense budget. Because the socialist "public assistance" agenda is unsustainable. It is bankrupting this nation and the left doesn't want to let go of it. So they create a false narrative about something (defense) which is not only exponentially more vital, but also the constitutional responsibility of the federal government.

The military has actually been forced under Barack Obama to scavenge museums for the airplane parts they need to keep their aircrafts flying. That is absolutely inexcusable. It's something one would expect from the Soviet Union as they were collapsing - not from the world's elite super-power. And it is the result of liberals gutting the defense budget over and over and over while throwing trillions of dollars at the welfare class in order to purchase votes.

The men and women who server in our military deserve much better than this. They deserve the best. The best supply chain. The best parts. The best technology. The best equipment. And the best benefits (healthcare, education, etc.). Traditionally, the military has voted Republican for this very reason. The left should be ashamed at how they not only treat our military (which is worse than dirt) but also how they advocate to take more money from them and treat them even worse than they do now. Not only should we not cut the defense budget one penny more - we should increase the defense budget at least 50% (if not double it).

• Marine Corps mechanics have had to scavenge F-18 parts from museums to keep their planes flying. Even with the scavenging, only 30% of those F-18s are ready to fly today. Unfortunately, similar serious challenges face all the military services.

• The 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength looked at the size, capabilities, and readiness of each part of the military and concluded that as a package the military is only “marginal” in its ability to protect America.

• The Army, which just became the smallest since before World War II, fell even lower to a “weak” rating due to the dramatic cuts in its size and readiness.

Congress Must Act Now to Start Rebuilding the US Military

It would be hard to scavenge for parts of an F-35.......Oh and sequestration was a GOP idea.....

Except that Obama made the sequestration cuts to defense instead of to public assistance as the GOP fought for. Epic fail Moon (something you're used to by now though!).

The budget bill is submitted by the president to Congress for approval....the sequestration cuts were a percentage of a decrease to everyone's budget....Then the president signs the bill...And appropriations are made....

Indeed, Washington seems to have dropped off a cliff in which the president is too cool to engage and lawmakers can’t remember what government used to do. The standard for success in Congress is simply to avoid a shutdown. Public investments in the nation’s welfare are locked in by a funding level first set for a world that existed 10 years ago.

Read more: Fall budget wars a legacy moment for Obama
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

Yeah....RINO's like Boehner caved to the president. They got the sequestration cuts the nation needed to survive - Obama got to make them to defense (which he was dying to cut all along). It's why RINO's like Boehner no longer exist in Congress.

Truth. It is a bitch, uh moon?

Well it's no surprise you think a trillion dollars is not enough to run a military...

We don't spend a trillion on defense, stupid. We spend a trillion on illegal, unconstitutional "public assistance". Our defense budget is roughly $550 billion per year genius. And our military still has to pillage museums to get the parts they need to keep their aircraft flying. Unacceptable. And only a serious fuck'n asshole would try to make the case otherwise.

If that's how you want to treat the men and women who sacrifice for you freedom, and if that's what you want our security/freedom to hinge on (finding parts in museums), then your really are a serious asshole Moon. You should be ashamed of yourself. Ungrateful prick.

 

[Conservative65]

Except that Obama made the sequestration cuts to defense instead of to public assistance as the GOP fought for. Epic fail Moon (something you're used to by now though!).

The budget bill is submitted by the president to Congress for approval....the sequestration cuts were a percentage of a decrease to everyone's budget....Then the president signs the bill...And appropriations are made....

Indeed, Washington seems to have dropped off a cliff in which the president is too cool to engage and lawmakers can’t remember what government used to do. The standard for success in Congress is simply to avoid a shutdown. Public investments in the nation’s welfare are locked in by a funding level first set for a world that existed 10 years ago.

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Yeah....RINO's like Boehner caved to the president. They got the sequestration cuts the nation needed to survive - Obama got to make them to defense (which he was dying to cut all along). It's why RINO's like Boehner no longer exist in Congress.

Truth. It is a bitch, uh moon?

Well it's no surprise you think a trillion dollars is not enough to run a military...

I'm sure you can show where a trillion was spent on the military.

I am sure you can also..

I can't because it wasn't. Still waiting on your proof of your claim.