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sabrina 1

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48. You still haven't addressed how cuts to military personnel has anything to do with

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 03:33 PM

Feb 2014

cuts to the Pentagon Budget. Or if there will also be cuts to the Mercenary Armies we have all over the world.

I couldn't find anything about cutting Military Contracts for Mercs so I'm skeptical that the money we save on the health care of the troops by 'shrinking the military' won't be funneled now to Private Mercenary Contractors. But you could put my mind at ease if you have something to show how I am wrong.

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Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level [View all] ProSense Feb 2014 OP

Until next time... Lost_Count Feb 2014 #1

IF this takes place... which I doubt.... 1awake Feb 2014 #2

Proposing it is a good place to start. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #6

I don't agree with you on much these days 1awake Feb 2014 #8

That's OK. "These days" are all about being anti-Obama. ProSense Feb 2014 #9

No, your not. 1awake Feb 2014 #64

We'll see... blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #3

Considering how much of our military "might" is comprised of mechanized technology... theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #4

Robots. Drones. Octafish Feb 2014 #21

Johnny McC ain't gonna like this one bit. pangaia Feb 2014 #5

Yeah, but is he the only one? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #10

Cutting the MIC...let the concern trolling from the faux Left begin!!! nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #7

It's an election year. ProSense Feb 2014 #11

How much is the budget for our mercenary/private armies? Does anyone know? sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #13

Yup. FUD'ers gotta FUD...nt SidDithers Feb 2014 #15

We pay mercenaries now, that's who is still in Iraq, 'private armies' and sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #12

Absolute nonsense. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #16

Well, that's informative. Are you denying that we are paying Blackwater 'contractors' sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #17

This ProSense Feb 2014 #19

Are there 'contractors/mercenaries' in Iraq or not? Simple question. sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #20

I said it was nonsense. Is that hard to understand? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #22

Congressional Research Service Says Otherwise wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #25

No, it doesn't ProSense Feb 2014 #31

We are outsourcing everything else, why not the military. They don't want to have to sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #34

'108,000 Private Contractors in Afghanistan' sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #28

When did Afghanistan become Iraq? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #32

When did cutting the military mean hiring mercenary armies in their place? Your OP was about sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #36

When did Afghanistan become Iraq? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #40

President Obama thanked ''civilians'' for their "sacrifices" and ''service'' in Iraq. Octafish Feb 2014 #23

I was just told that it was nonsense for me to point out that we now have sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #30

You know what's hilarious ProSense Feb 2014 #38

I know you don't want to talk about the money being diverted from the military now to private sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #41

Apparently, announced cuts to the military seems to be causing some to panic. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #43

Actually if there WERE cuts which would be passed on to taxpayers rather than Private Contractors sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #44

"Feel free to show how we the taxpayers will benefit from "shrinking the military", financially." ProSense Feb 2014 #45

You still haven't addressed how cuts to military personnel has anything to do with sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #48

Here's the title of the OP: Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level ProSense Feb 2014 #49

I haven't noticed any debate at all, other than the rolly poly guy which has come to sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #67

Actually, ProSense Feb 2014 #69

You should have read the article rather than just the headline. Still no answer sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #71

You're blaming the article for the bogus claim and your continuing to debate yourself? ProSense Feb 2014 #72

I'm not even trying to debate you, just using your thread to inform sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #74

LOL! Denial is strong. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #75

No response to your questions, I see. woo me with science Feb 2014 #59

LOL! ProSense Feb 2014 #60

What the hell does that have to do with my point? n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #33

What was your point? Cuts to the Pentagon budget? If so, this has everything to do sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #37

LOL! Need more posts? ProSense Feb 2014 #39

Does this mean you didn't have a point? That's fine, we do and are more than willing sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #42

Your point was wrong. Octafish Feb 2014 #62

No, it wasn't, and your post was completely and undeniable irrelevant to my point. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #63

Shows that mercenaries were thanked for their ''Service.'' Octafish Feb 2014 #65

Nothing to do with my point. Nothing. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #66

Thank you, Octafish and Sabrina, woo me with science Feb 2014 #46

LOL! ProSense Feb 2014 #47

Well, it's an election year. I expect we will see a lot of things that look like sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #50

"...from past experience, I believe we are all a lot more wary and questioning than we once were." woo me with science Feb 2014 #61

Blackwater no longer exists.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #78

Know how many Private Merc corporations we are paying with tax dollars? sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #79

I don't care.....a "journalist" would know that Blackwater is Xe.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #80

So would any ordinary DUer, like me. Are you confused?? I am not a 'journalist' nor ever sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #94

I have never claimed to be a journalist.....but I knew about it... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #95

You got proof....got some figures... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #81

Yes, how about you? I have already posted, in this thread, information on sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #93

If you bothered to read BEFORE you respond to me....you would see that we were all discussing the VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #96

It's called Academi now, actually. alarimer Feb 2014 #83

well it is certainly not blackwater.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #98

The cuts in our military will be shifted to private contractors............ rdharma Feb 2014 #77

I wonder if this is setting the stage to eventually down the road Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #14

It does make a bit of sense. Xithras Feb 2014 #24

Yeah, and what makes the Marines the superior choice (or so I've read) Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #26

Works for me! nt oldhippie Feb 2014 #18

where will all those who are purged find work? grasswire Feb 2014 #27

Drones JJChambers Feb 2014 #29

Not just drones...driverless trucks... CJCRANE Feb 2014 #73

This is the kind a change we voted for. Coyotl Feb 2014 #35

Good for America, bad for the Democrats. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #51

That is conventional and conservative politics RobertEarl Feb 2014 #58

Not exactly true headline sarisataka Feb 2014 #52

Did you adjust for inflation? jberryhill Feb 2014 #53

No. I don't have populationsfigures handy sarisataka Feb 2014 #55

I was kidding, you know jberryhill Feb 2014 #56

. sarisataka Feb 2014 #57

A DUzy. nt flying rabbit Feb 2014 #92

It will be ProSense Feb 2014 #54

K&R.. not exactly Cha Feb 2014 #76

It's a ProSense Feb 2014 #84

And, ODS is a myth on Cha Feb 2014 #87

Yeah, ProSense Feb 2014 #89

Right! "maybe no one will Cha Feb 2014 #90

Here's a ProSense Feb 2014 #91

As long as you don't actually look at what they mean when they say "Pre-WWII level". Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #68

"If anyone but you had posted this it might be worth discussing..." ProSense Feb 2014 #70

There has been changes for needs for the US protecting oil supply for the world, it is Thinkingabout Feb 2014 #85

lol, indeed! Purveyor Feb 2014 #82

That'd be cool if they were measuring it in dollars. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #86

Then how are we supposed to stop Zombie Hitler and his corps of elite reanimated Nazis? Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #88

Just another draw-down agent46 Feb 2014 #97