FDL: Obama’s Pentagon Strategy: A Leaner, More Efficient Empire

[JackRiddler]

31. So to quote you, which is it, "cut spending" or "slow growth"?!

Obama said yesterday:

Over the next ten years, the growth in the defense budget will slow, but the fact of the matter is this—it will still grow, because we have global responsibilities that demand our leadership. 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.

"Still grow," "still be larger." As he says, this is not a cut. Who am I going to believe, his words or your spin?

Cuts in planned future growth are not cuts in actual spending. Spending will stay the same or possibly grow, depending on supplementary war budgets and the rate of inflation. The absolute dollar amount will not be cut.

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