ThinkProgress: Dempsey Hits Ryan For Calling Military Brass ‘Liars’ [View all]

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There's a very interesting parallel between Ryan's accusing the military brass of lying, and the accusations of Senator Joe McCarthy to the effect that the entire U.S. Army command had been infiltrated with Communist sympathizers. When McCarthy's insanity got to this point, it heralded the end of his anti-Communist witch hunts. Let's hope Ryan's insanity similarly heralds the end of today's version of right-wing psychosis!

[font size=4]Dempsey Hits Ryan For Calling Military Brass ‘Liars’: ‘I Stand By My Testimony’ In Support Of Obama DOD Budget[/font]

Yesterday during a policy discussion hosted by the National Journal, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the House GOP’s supposed budget guru, said that America’s top military brass were lying about their support for President Obama’s Pentagon budget. When asked why the GOP’s budget — which passed the House yesterday — ignores the generals advice and increases military spending, Ryan replied, “We don’t think the generals are giving us their true advice.”

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey fired back at Ryan, the Wall Street Journal reports:

“There’s a difference between having someone say they don’t believe what you said versus … calling us, collectively, liars,” Gen. Dempsey told reporters aboard a U.S. military aircraft after a four day visit to Latin America. ”My response is: I stand by my testimony. This was very much a strategy-driven process to which we mapped the budget.”

Dempsey — who said in February that the Pentagon’s new budget will “maintain our military’s decisive edge and help sustain America’s global leadership” — added that the budget “was a collaborative effort” among the nation’s top military officers as well as combat leaders.

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