The Return Of Donald Rumsfeld

Photo: Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

Obama Should Call Rumsfeld to Work on Defense Strategy and Cuts -- Steve Clemons, The Atlantic

While budget details of President Obama's just unveiled new defense strategy remain scant and vague and the President feels the need to continue hawking his combo of budgetary constraint and military hawkishness, stating that his forthcoming budgets would still be larger than those of the preceding Bush administration. Obama last week stated:

Over the next 10 years, the growth in the defense budget will slow, but the fact of the matter is this. It will still grow. In fact, the defense budget will still be larger than it was toward the end of the Bush administration. And I firmly believe, and I think the American people understand that we can keep our military strong and our nation secure with a defense budget that continues to be larger than roughly the next 10 countries combined.

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My Comment: It was former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld goals of reforming the US military that got me blogging on military affairs. I felt that this was a discussion that was needed, and I gave kudos to Rumsfeld for initiating them. But .... of course .... a few months later 9/11 happened. And now .... we are back to what the discussion was ten years ago. Hmmmm ..... it's strange how history always has a habit of repeating itself.