The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan travels through the Pacific Ocean with other ships assigned to the Rim of the Pacific 2010 exercise, north of Hawaii, July 24, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan McCord Defense Decisions: Limit Engagements Or Build Strength? -- Washington Times
Exchanges preview budget battles.
A tug of war over defense spending this week harbingers budget conflicts to come as the irresistible force of rising military costs meets the immovable object of growing fiscal deficits.
On the one hand, a group of mostly Democratic lawmakers is urging the president's commission on reducing the national debt to consider wide-ranging cuts to the defense budget as a way to eliminate the deficit by 2015 — the commission's goal. For this group, such cuts are at the heart of a strategic effort to scale back America's global role and husband the nation's limited resources at a time of economic uncertainty.
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My Comment: This argument is probably moot. With Republicans expected to sweep Congress, any talk about serious defense budget curtailments will just be talk .... with little if any subsequent changes (for now). However .... I am still of the opinion that with huge deficits expected in the years to come, the Defense establishment will have to rationalize how they spend their money as well as curtailing some of their more ambitious programs. I guess it is better to discuss and plan this now, instead of doing it adhoc and arbitrary at some future date.
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No matter who governs or what decisions are taken by the power that be...the empire is sinking fast and the west is loosing steam faster...retreat before it's too late...
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