25% Cut In U.S. Military Budget -- A Shape Of Things To Come?

Whack DoD By 25 Percent: Dem. Barney Frank -- DoD Buzz

So far most of the talk about the next Pentagon budget has been relatively optimistic and cautious. The Gates Pentagon clearly believes it must maintain spending at or above current levels to support forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and buy weapons for future conflicts.

But that view is clearly not shared by some Democrats. As a GOP email screamed this afternoon: “HOUSE DEMOCRAT CALLS FOR $150 BILLION CUT TO DEFENSE SPENDING.”

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told a Massachusetts newspaper yesterday that “the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs.”

The paper quotes Frank saying that the U.S. doesn’t “need all these fancy new weapons.” And he is not alone among Democrats assuming that defense spending must drop.

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My Comment: We are at a time of war .... is this really a good time to cut spending? The Congress will then have two choices .... (1) claim defeat and withdraw ASAP .. or .. (2) sacrifice the soldiers by not giving them the equipment they need.