Oops: Dick Cheney Unintentionally Trashes Troops In Attempt To Hit Obama

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Oops: Dick Cheney Unintentionally Trashes Troops In Attempt To Hit Obama

By Hayes Brown

Former Vice President Dick Cheney took to Fox News on Monday night to lambaste the Obama administration’s proposed cuts to the military budget, lamenting the president’s desire to ensure that Americans have access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps — despite the fact that over 900,000 veterans currently depend on them.

Cheney appeared on Sean Hannity’s prime-time show last night to discuss the the fiscal year 2015 military budget as previewed on Monday afternoon. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey announced among other initiatives a reduction in the size of the Army, a fact that didn’t sit well with Cheney. While the hand-wringing that the Army will be smaller than at any point after World War II is mostly hype, the former vice president still readily agreed with Hannity’s premise that the proposed cuts are “dangerous,” lamenting that Obama has not had Reagan-like increases in defense spending.

“You know, I’ve obviously not been a strong supporter of Barack Obama, but this really is over the top,” Cheney said. “It does enormous long-term damage to our military. They act as though it’s like highway spending and you can turn it on and off.” Cheney also remains worried that in announcing a rebalancing of U.S. strategy towards Asia — and away from the Middle East that was the focus of his time in office — is just a cover for Obama to slash the military budget further and display his dislike for the military further:

CHENEY: They peddle this line that now we’re going to pivot to Asia, but they’ve never justified it. And I think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances, it’s driven by budget considerations. He’d much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops.

What Cheney apparently doesn’t realize is that many of the same troops that he claims the Obama administration doesn’t support rely heavily on the food stamps that he wishes to cut. A Defense Department review released last year showed that military families were more reliant on food stamps in 2013 than in any previous year, with over $100 million in food stamp spending at military grocery stores. “Food stamp usage at the stores has more than quadrupled since 2007 as the recession compounded the already difficult financial situation faced by military families,” ThinkProgress’ Deputy Economics editor Alan Pyke wrote last week.

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http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/02/25/3326491/cheney-lashes-obama-hits-veterans-food-stamps/

Perfect!

[riqster]

1. He still has "other priorities", even now.

[madokie]

2. The cheney that keeps on giving

if there is anyone who believes this cretin has the USA's well being in mind are some kind of stupid

[monmouth3]

3. For a guy who never served a day in the military (other priorities doncha know), he certainly does

have his (Halliburton) nose in the war machine..Ugh...

[dickthegrouch]

4. Halliburton can't sell as much, so its stock tanks

Is Cheney's real worry.

If he had an ounce of integrity, he'd have helped diminish the war machine and continue doing so. He has no skin in the game except his stock. Put Cheney lives in the war machine, on the front lines, then see how keen he is to waste so much on weapons.

[rock]

5. There's a reason that every where that cheney* steps he steps in shit

And then immediately inserts foot in mouth.