Democratic National Convention 2012

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I bet President Obama and First Lady mentions our troops unlike some people

They'll mention the troops.....while gutting their funding and strecthing them impossibly thin.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

They'll mention the troops.....while gutting their funding and strecthing them impossibly thin.

Do you really want to argue the president's record on serving our veterans? No Republican has even come close to what this Administration has done.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Do you really want to argue the president's record on serving our veterans? No Republican has even come close to what this Administration has done.

Obama has increased VA funding for certain programs, however your point is spin at best....here's the real world:

Funding cuts and forced expeditures that don't increase fighting effectiveness/efficiency/safety can put troops at greater risk. Obama also proposed increase health care costs for troops. Examples:

- green fuel that costs $ 26 / gal vs. under $ 4 for regular fuel
- increasing costs for health care on active duty and retirees personnel....while leaving unionized civilian workers costs as-is.
Pres. Obama to Cut Health Care for Troops - President Obama - Fox Nation
Obama to Cut Health Benefits for Active, Retired Military

- draconian cuts to DoD that will severely weaken the military. The sequestration cuts are on top of another $ 500B in cuts Obama has already made.
Defense official says automatic cuts will cause 'absurdities' – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs

- while we're playing "honey I shrunk the military" (to dangerously low levels), Obama also wants to reduce our nulear warhead capacity (our ultimate deterrent) to 5 times below what Russia has (300 to 1500). That makes sense....we've got the biggest stick, on a dangerous block, and we're going to give that stick to the Russians. Who are being ruled by a guy who is still pissed off we destroyed the USSR....in Putin. I'm sure he has no animosity at all towards us. Is this a f-ing joke?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

They'll mention the troops.....while gutting their funding and strecthing them impossibly thin.

BS, the last round of BRAC was 2005...........

Base Realignment and Closure Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




The Pentagon released its proposed list for BRAC 2005 (see Base Realignment and Closure, 2005) on May 13, 2005 (a date given the moniker "BRAC Friday," a pun on Black Friday). After an extensive series of public hearings, analysis of DoD-supplied supporting data, and solicitation of comments from the public, the list of recommendations was revised by the 9-member Defense Base Closure and Realignments Commission in two days of public markups and votes on individual recommendations (the proceedings were broadcast by C-SPAN and are available for review on the network's website). The Commission submitted its revised list to the President on September 8, 2005. The President approved the list and signalled his approval to Congress on September 15. The House of Representatives took up a joint resolution to disapprove the recommendations on October 26, but the resolution failed to pass. The recommendations were thereby enacted. The Secretary of Defense must implement the recommendations not later than September 15, 2011.