Defense Tech: Butter Not Guns for the Next Four Years?

[unhappycamper]

Butter Not Guns for the Next Four Years?

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting OpEd yesterday sort of dove tailing with Colin's story from Friday that broke the news of Democratic party Brahman Barney Frank's call for a 25 percent cut in defense spending.

Now, Frank is not a DoD budget decisionmaker, but his views tend to jibe closely with the liberal leadership of the House and even some in the Senate.

The Journal analyzed what Obama and his supporters have said about what they'd do with defense budgets, so it's worth a close read for a worst case scenario.

~snip~

From the writing I'm seeing on the wall, we can basically forget end-strength increases. There's no political capital in increasing the size of the military, but there's plenty of bacon in hardware.

During an interview with defense reporters in Washington earlier this month, former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig -- a top Obama defense advisor -- talked to us about "revitalizing" America's "overstretched" military, then went on to highlight Obama's commitment to veterans care, traumatic brain injury and PTSD.


Rest of article and an interesting discussion at: http://www.defensetech.org/archives/004498.html?wh=wh

[Crowman1979]

1. Just use the money that was suppose to be used for Iraq and no-bid contractors, then put it in VA!

This will be enough to fund veterans care for every veteran with money left over.