Obama Shows His War-Mongering Side

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http://www.alternet.org/story/153749/obama_shows_his_war-mongering_side/

Here’s the ad for this moment in Washington (as I imagine it): Militarized superpower adrift and anxious in alien world. Needs advice. Will pay. Pls respond qkly. PO Box 1776-2012, Washington, DC.

Here’s the way it actually went down in Washington last week: a triumphant performance by a commander-in-chief who wants you to know that he’s at the top of his game.

When it came to rolling out a new 10-year plan for the future of the U.S. military, the leaks to the media began early and the message was clear. One man is in charge of your future safety and security. His name is Barack Obama. And -- not to worry -- he has things in hand.

Unlike the typical president, so the reports went, he held six (count 'em: six!) meetings with top Pentagon officials, the Joint Chiefs, the service heads, and his military commanders to plan out the next decade of American war making. And he was no civilian bystander at those meetings either. On a planet where no other power has more than two aircraft carriers in service, hepersonally nixed a Pentagon suggestion that the country’s aircraft carrier battle groups be reduced from 11 to 10, lest China think our power-projection capabilities were weakening in Asia.

[DFab420]

1. What a load of unmitigated tripe..

Seriously the entire article lacks any substantive points other then mock indignation and sophomoric attempts at satire.

Ridiculous.

[SunsetDreams]

3. My thoughts on the article

Rediculous. But hey if words like "war mongering" puts Obama in a bad light. That's all that counts right?

He's neither advocating or attempting to stir up war. He's trying to end the ones that were started before him. I don't think the author even knows the meaning. But when you can use a buzz word to get more readers, why not?

[whatchamacallit]

2. PNAC lives

[snooper2]

4. ROFL, what a load of shit..I guess this guys readers chew it up though LOL

Check out the 12 or so comments he has

Idiots...

[Schema Thing]

5. ca ca

[Swede]

6. What a steaming pile.

nt

[PETRUS]

7. Threats & violence

Our national security apparatus seems to create more problems than it solves.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Sucking up to the military is a popular pastime in campaign season. Maybe he should ride a tank.

[MilesColtrane]

9. Crap-hot and stinky

[treestar]

10. What is war mongering about this?

Merely acknowledging the military and running it?

[frylock]

13. if merely acknowleging ron paul hates the war on drugs makes one an ardent supporter of ron paul..

then it stands to reason the same would apply to obama, whether he's merely acknowledging and running the military, or commenting on the transformative nature of reagan's tenure. sauce for the goose and whutnot.

[joeybee12]

11. KNR

[ProSense]

12. Well

Unlike the typical president, so the reports went, he held six (count 'em: six!) meetings with top Pentagon officials, the Joint Chiefs, the service heads, and his military commanders to plan out the next decade of American war making.

..."Obama Shows His War-Mongering Side" is one way to spin defense cuts.

Obama Puts His Stamp on Strategy for a Leaner Military

WASHINGTON — President Obama has for the first time put his own stamp on an all-encompassing American military policy by turning from the grinding ground wars that he inherited from the Bush administration and refocusing on what he described as a smaller, more agile force across Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East.

In an unusual appearance at the Pentagon briefing room on Thursday, Mr. Obama outlined a new national defense strategy driven by three realities: the winding down of a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, a fiscal crisis demanding hundreds of billions of dollars in Pentagon budget cuts and a rising threat from China and Iran.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/us/obama-at-pentagon-to-outline-cuts-and-strategic-shifts.html?_r=1