With the Tea Party’s surprisingly strong performance in last month’s mid-term elections, many began to wonder how the Republican Congress would tackle the enormous budget deficit it faces, and which many of those newly elected Congressmen made their primary target.
The answer must inevitably include cuts to America’s enormous military budget (which dwarfs any other nation’s) and Americans for Tax Reform has come out of the gate leading the charge for the cuts.
Cutting military spending under any circumstances is considered unthinkable for some of the party’s biggest war enthusiasts, however, and condemnations quickly came from the usual sources. It seems, however, that the call has some momentum behind it.
Indeed, incoming Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R – VA), himself no stranger to trumpeting the idea of endless war, conceded that military spending would have to be “on the table” when a new budget was tackled. With the Obama Administration’s planned 2011 military budget well more than double the size of the 2001 budget (and a major increase over his 2010 budget), it seems that the days of rubber stamping major increases in war spending could be coming to an end.
"it seems that the days of rubber stamping major increases in war spending could be coming to an end."
Until we elect a military coup in the form of Neocon Petraeus. Enough Americans are enamored by the military that he'll win without even having to cheat.
"Conservative calls to cut US military budget?" Sure sure, when pigs sprout wings and take to flying holding patterns over downtown Jerusalem.
Did you hear that Eric 'pledge of allegiance to Israel' Cantor? I maintain that Congress will cut the Pentagon budget about NEVER! Golly there Eric, whom are you trying to kid?
Bulls*#t talks there Eric buddy, can you walk your talk?
Cantor is proposing putting Aid to Israel in the Military budget instead so it won't be voted on every year. Also, it would enable even greater aid to the Zionists because 40% of the Pentagram budget is black ops, not subject to review. This would allow funding from the yearly Military supplemental budgets to be funneled to the Zionists and Israeli OC, Organized Crime.
Hi bogi:
That Cantor is a smarmy weasel, yes he is. Hiding in legislative obfuscation. By the by, "Pentagram" HAH that is a good one.
Jason, do you know that America is an Imperial Power? Do you know that Imperial Powers need lots of money to carry out their military missions, to invade and occupy, to send drones every whichway?
The chances of the U.S. reducing military spending is about as likely as me giving birth to Jesus Christ, the Second. The Conservatives will just cut spending on Schools or on welfare or on hospitals.
The U.S. wants to control the world, Jason. That costs money. Lots.
I don't want the U.S. to control the world, Jason. My latest post shows why.
http://www.dangerouscreation.com
The Israeli lobby wants the U.S. to attack its enemies in the Middle East, and keep the rest under control. For that American taxpayers have to pay and bleed every year. When AIPAC held a dinner, two thirds of congressmen showed up. At a dinner held by a foreign power's lobby group, a nation guilty of illegal occupation, torture, imprisonment without trial, illegal ownership of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
When two thirds of congressmen show up to worship such a pariah state, you know their parties are bought and paid for. Anyone who opposes the agenda would be destroyed by the Zionists among the media owners.
That is why the U.S. will continue to spend more money on its military "defense" than the rest of the world combined. It is not the will of the people. It is the will of the lobby.
You're right and both the USG and the Zionists are both guilty of occupation, torture, imprisonment without trials, chemical and biological weapons.
A 10 % cut each year for the next 5 would be about right. But look for 1 or 2% over those 5 years realistically. They’ll cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and maybe more government employees plus teachers and police, then tweak the war budget (I refuse to call it defense) and tout their fiscal responsibility, meanwhile extending tax cuts for all at 3 trillion plus, UNFUNDED! This is your government in action.
The Pentagram budget may decrease by 2% a year on the one hand but go up 10% a year on the other hand.The ObomberBush commission is recommending cut in VA benefits and doesn't recommend the end to useless, illegal wars as a way to cut VA benefits and would also reduce the Pentagram budget. This is the sensible solution, but the only sense the government has is nonsense and if it didn't have nonsense it wouldn't have any sense at all. It's too obvious and simple just to stop creating wars as a way to reduce the budget deficit.
i don't doubt they are willing to "cut" military spending, but by how much is the question.
oh yah we are going to cancel all of social security and medicare and we will cut military spending by one percent
We'll know if they're really serious about cutting military spending if they start using terms like cutting "force structure"–reducing total number of divisions–and about vacating all troop presence from specific geographical areas such as Korea or Germany.
Just repeating the phrase "cut military spending" doesn't say much. They need to cut out most of the "lean" as well as the "fat".
Sure it's on the "table"…but what they neglect to mention is that it's a very small table.
Didn't the invincible Roman Empire continue to put Europe and the Middle East under it's brutal heel until Rome attempted to invade and conquer ancient Germany? When they marched three Roman legions into the Black Forest, the Teutonic tribes that inhabited and ruled the region slaughtered them all to the last Roman soldier. When Cesar sent another Roman Legion there to retrieve the Roman Standard the barbarians had captured, the German tribes slaughtered all of them as well.Rome's appetite for world conquest had now come to an abrupt end and started to contract. It was the end of the "Glory that was Rome."
Do we see some parallels from that sad series of Roman reversals in empire to the American Empire's arrogance and lust for full spectrum warfare, corruption and world dominance? I do.
This 'news' article shows how hollow the so called "anti-war" faction of the Republican Party really is.
"AntiWar.com" posts a headline linking to—— – Anti-War.com's Jason Ditz!
with a bold headline proclaiming the lie that "Growing Conservative Calls to Cut US Military Budget".
Its all a lie. Jason and Justin, like their Republican brothers and sisters, want to end Social Security and Medicare full well knowing their GOP will support the military empire 100%.