Today Rep. Barney Frank, (D. MA), released a proposal calling for $1 trillion in defense cuts over ten years, which would indeed seem sensible in our current debt situation, given that “defense,” NOT including the various and sundry wars, now gobbles 40% of the Federal Budget. Of course, such a pot and patchouli-scented pipe dream [...]
Posted on December 1, 2009, 1:47 pm, by dirigo, under
oh,
Uh.
Barack Obama must be looking over his shoulder as he steps up and sets forth his war policy for Afghanistan. No, he doesn’t sound sure of himself and, despite donning his CIC chain mail for a speech at West Point, he may be be projecting weakness, just as Dick Cheney, our great, snarling former vice [...]
Tags:
Afghanistan,
al qaeda,
Chilcot Hearings,
Credibility Gap,
Dick Cheney,
government,
Graveyard Of Empires,
Helmand,
Jeremy Greenstock,
Karzai,
Obama,
Opium,
politics,
Ramp Up,
Republicans,
Taliban,
The Decider,
Tony Blair,
Tora Bora,
Torture 12 Comments |
Read the rest of this entry »
