"What Cheney sees as ‘absolutely dangerous’"
What Cheney sees as absolutely dangerous
By Steve Benen at msnbc
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/what-cheney-sees-absolutely-dangerous
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It fell to the Obama administration to clean up the messes Bush/Cheney left behind, ending the wars, getting the nations finances in order, and transitioning the Defense Department to a post-war posture.
For Cheney, who keeps talking despite his profound lack of credibility on the subject, this transition is dangerous and devastating. What he doesnt realize or chooses to ignore because the facts are ideologically unsatisfying is that the cuts the Obama administration spelled out yesterday still means higher defense spending than the levels required by the sequestration policy demanded by congressional Republicans in 2011. (Under the Obama administrations plan, the U.S. will still spend more on the military than most of the leading world powers combined.)
As Rachel put it on the show last night, This got headlined today as the Pentagon proposing huge new cuts to the military. What actually happened today is the Pentagon fighting Congress so they dont get cut so much.
As for Cheneys crack about food stamps, Id just note that (a) using federal resources to feed poor families instead of preparing for yet another war isnt a ridiculous position; and (b) a whole lot of the troops Bush/Cheney sent to war rely on those food stamps to put food on the table
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