Panetta blasts defense cuts

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6. No mention of the Bush tax cuts extension. Is he playing to the GOP/teabagger/dittohead tune?

Or is the reporter doing that?

Does he have no problems with the cuts to other segments of the population, only those long-term military contracts that have been signed?

Why he criticizing the Congress to a captive audience in the field? Not that the teabaggers don't need to be dissed, but he's not doing that, as far as I can see.

Exactly what does he expect them to do?

It's worrisome he would bring this up, when they are prohibited from getting into politics, and this seems anti-Obama, somehow. He was forced to let the cuts take place because of the irresponsible actions of the GOP Congress who insist on destroying the government's ability to operate. Panetta himself has said in the past that the defunding of services has become a national security threat for that reason, unable to maintain essential services, and we see that decay now.

I don't believe in continuing the level of military actions in the world. The 'guns to the head,' yes, it's a direct quote. The rest, seems to be the reporter's ideas, but if someone else has a different take, I'd like to hear it. Especially from one of you folks who have served.