{"id":28741,"date":"2012-02-14T15:06:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28741"},"modified":"2012-02-14T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T19:06:17","slug":"panetta-jumps-on-the-budget-cutting-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28741","title":{"rendered":"Panetta jumps on the budget-cutting sword"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leon Panetta, the Defense Secretary who was assigned to the post to slash the living shit out of the Defense Department, appeared in front Congress today to justify the fact that he intends to leave us defenseless (Stars & Stripes<\/a> link);<\/p>\n

\u201cRespectfully, this doesn\u2019t add up,\u201d McCain said. \u201cUnfortunately, this defense budget continues the administration\u2019s habit of putting short-term political considerations over our long-term national security interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., said that while Panetta was only carrying out his duties under the law in cutting the defense budget, the DOD is bearing the brunt of years of financial irresponsibility throughout the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I look at what you\u2019ve had to do to meet the bottom line requirements of the Budget Control Act, it represents, in my opinion, unacceptable risk to our national security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Panetta said DOD has a part to play in budget cutting, and Congress needs to take seriously the threat of uncontrolled spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have tried to step up to the plate and do our duty here,\u201d he said. \u201cIn weighing how you address this issue, you\u2019ve also got to take into consideration the national security threat that comes from the huge deficits and the huge debt that we\u2019re running.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Step up and do our duty” must mean that the DoD has to shoulder the burden of the entire budget-cutting process for the entire Executive Branch. Panetta said earlier today that this is the Senate’s opportunity to prove that they’re serious about cutting spending. Well, “provide for the common defense” is right there in the Preamble of the Constitution, but all of that other bullshit about healthcare, government-funded abortions and the all of the stuff that makes the Left feel good about themselves isn’t even mentioned.<\/p>\n

Like someone said in the comments in the previous post on the subject, how many lives will the next war cost us while we get ourselves back up to par? Who wants to be the first to die for this lie? I’m not saying that there isn’t waste to be cut out of the Defense budget, but when you talk about slashing manpower by entire maneuver elements, that’s not cutting waste – it’s cutting our means of defense. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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