Just mud rolling here and maybe someone else will develop it fully but I wonder....
What effect will this controversy have on the Military's relationship with the Obama Administration and will that affect future budgets????
I am expressing personal feelings here but I don't think that Obama will be satisfied with his pound of flesh from McChrystal....
I get the feeling that he doesn't like the military....
I think that he would love to shrink the budget to levels unseen in the modern era...
And I think that this gives him the perfect opportunity.
Before you slam me, think about it. Cuts are coming to the US defense budget. That is without question.
But is this the opportunity (and Obama's Chief of Staff is famous for stating "you never let a crisis go to waste") that they've been waiting for?
Like I said...just mud rolling.
i think he respects the military like everyone else, he knows the military defends freedom, its just different people have different ideas about the role of the military in world affairs. saying you think he doesnt like the military is a little strong.
ReplyDeletewell...to be honest, it seems that liberals just don't have the appreciation for defense matters that conservatives do. notice i didn't say Democrats or Republicans.
ReplyDeletei'm seeing (my opinion) a Jimmy Carter like quality that disturbs me.
to focus on health care when the economy was melting down was just wrong.
to not see that the war in Afghanistan is failing and to be focused on issues that aren't as pressing (like Cap and Trade) is just wrong.
all those issues do need attention (health care/energy) but you have to prioritize. he didn't do that.
and because he didn't focus on winning the wars that America is involved in i label him as being unfriendly to the military.
just my opinion and i don't claim to be perfect.
well i think you just highlighted it, those on the left want to look at internal problems, and not so much at foreign issues. i also think he has a great sec def in Sec. Gates who can adequately work with Afghanistan (which was doomed from the start and ignored since we had our foray in Iraq).
ReplyDeleteHealth care had to happen, the democrats had their best chance in a generation, and its been something they have been wanting to do, it was now or never, so he had to do it before the november 2010 elections, it was out of necessity.
i agree cap and trade can wait, and there are more important issues to be taken up, but as someone who consumes health care alot, it is a pressing issue, and honestly theres not alot he can do for the economy. the federal reserve is more powerful than the president.
Talking about energy ,I gonna put my two cents.We need more nukes.
ReplyDeleteagreed!
ReplyDeletei don't want a tax on gas (well more taxes) but i do want us to explore every possibility, gas, nukes, solar...everything but crop based products (food should never be converted to fuel vehicles...that's a waste)...
there were ideas thrown around (i cant remember who) but argued turning old military bases into nuclear power plants. the problem with commercial or residential areas on old military bases is there tends to be alot of pollution and the military will only clean up to make it ok for industry. why not take these areas and make new nuclear facilities.
ReplyDeleteAnd other idea trown around was to use old coald power plants and put a nuke in them.
ReplyDeleteI'm a conservative who cares about political and especially military issues. I have many friends of both political stripes.
ReplyDeleteIt does pretty much come down to ideological leanings on defense matters: my liberal friends would slash the defense budget and then spend that money on health care, all things being equal.
My conservative friends wouldn't slash it, but also wouldn't push to raise it, given our economic situation.
Guns and butter have long been at war with each other, but if the Dod ever does turn into an ATM for health-care reform, then our military will parallel that of Great Britain's, which is likely on the verge of cuts so massive that it will become an enhanced coastal defense force.
And, yes, more nuclear power plants!!!