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In reply to the discussion: Obama is about to ask for the largest Pentagon budget in history [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)81. Lies upon lies upon lies. What was that pretty speech last year
about hammers and nails and reining in the military?
Corporatists and warmongers lie. The Third Way lies. It's what they do.
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Thanks, Obama! This is absolutely necessary to protect us from the terrorists!
dissentient
Jan 2015
#1
"Likely ask".....based on a preliminary Pentagon wish list? Please proceed with the outrage....
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#5
I will wait until Obama speaks, not upon hearing of speech by others with an agenda who speak for him without his consent.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#24
Why do you care if Fred Sanders dines on crows? 7 percent over "sequester levels." Do the math, all the math, save a crow.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#83
The military and its offshoots are 0-2 in the past 10 years (having lost both
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#10
Unpatriotic! Go and see American Sniper immediately, that will fix you up, and get those patriotic
dissentient
Jan 2015
#12
A more accurate measurement is the % of the GDP allocated to defense spending
Lurks Often
Jan 2015
#68
He's owned... we're fucked... this country will continue to degrade into a shithole... n/t
whatchamacallit
Jan 2015
#22
This keeps a lot of uneducated young men and women employed. This is part of our welfare system,
Pisces
Jan 2015
#23
Remembering that Bush kept the two invasions off the budget, I wonder if it is any actual record.
rgbecker
Jan 2015
#27
Of course that is exactly what Republicans might want to say to deflect???
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#49
Sure, you can say you voted for Godzilla on the Internet and of course it must be true...
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#86
The protection of vast amounts of Alaska, outraging the oil companies, runs counter to your conclusions.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#90
well is not the budget increasing every year anyway ? its not like it ever goes down. nt.
drray23
Jan 2015
#50
The Republicans in Congress HAVE to pass it, or else they will be accused of cutting the defense . .
Major Hogwash
Jan 2015
#72
If he winds up requesting the biggest military budget, will you post an opinion here on DU about it?
Bonobo
Jan 2015
#78
You have to keep the military in the military...there are not enough jobs out here yet. nt
kelliekat44
Jan 2015
#84