Is The U.S. Defense Budget A Hollow Shell Game?

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prepare to testify on the situation in Syria before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 7, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett

Obama's Shift-to-Asia Budget Is a Hollow Shell Game -- Mackenzie Eaglen, Aol Defense

If you take the Administration's word for it, the most recent defense budget represents a sober-minded and far-thinking strategic shift from the Middle East to Asia, creating a smaller, high-tech force oriented increasingly towards inter-state conflict and deterrence. Many are even comparing the Pentagon's current vision with that of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who sought to transform the five-sided building away from Kosovo-style interventions and create an agile and sophisticated military oriented toward the Pacific.

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My Comment: Is President Obama's shift-to-Asia budget just a "hollow shell game"? Hmmmm.... from where I am standing the US defense ebudget is just a reflection of a bigger "hollow shell game" .... which in this case is the entire US budget.

Trillion dollar deficits per year, a total debt of $16 trillion+, liabilities in social security and medicare in the tens of trillions .... yeah .... this is a "hollow shell game" to me.