The uniformed services are trying to lock in the next administration by creating a political cost for holding the line on defense spending. Conservative groups are hoping to ramp up defense spending as a tool to limit options for a Democratic Congress and president to pass new, and potentially costly, social programs, including health care reform.
They also like the idea of creating an unrealistically high baseline of expectations for defense spending that will allow them to claim President Obama has cut defense spending. ...
There are so many things wrong with this emerging process that it is hard to address the issue concisely. Promoting overspending on defense in order to forestall popular social spending is undemocratic - it creates a false tension between national security and other public policy goals.
The informal alliance between the services and conservative think tanks threatens to further politicize the military. The abuse of national security arguments to win political arguments is both morally suspect and threatens the security of the nation by delinking strategic assessment from public policy.
Ultimately, the most dangerous aspect of this development is the threat posed to civil-military relations. We went through a similar process eight years ago, and the results were painful and unsatisfactory.
Watch for the politicization of the military to be one of the grand themes through which historians will chronicle the Bush Administration.
We’ve been at war since 2001 and you think that serious historians will accuse Bush of politicization of the military? You’re a partisan ‘tard Leon, and only a partisan ‘tard would believe that the military has been being politicized during this war effort by anyone other than Liberal idiots and other enemies of the US.
Watch for the politicization of the military to be one of the grand themes through which historians will chronicle the Bush Administration.
We’ve been at war since 2001 and you think that serious historians will accuse Bush of politicization of the military? You’re a partisan ‘tard Leon, and only a partisan ‘tard would believe that the military has been being politicized during this war effort by anyone other than Liberal idiots and other enemies of the US.
Now now, dan. I’m sure that wife of yours did a humiliating number on you this weekend, but a superfluous use of “‘tard” with a hint of neo-McCarthayism sprinkled in doesn’t mask your shortcommings, both intellectually and personally, no matter how aggressively you state them.
From the forced retirement of the senior officer corps that dared provide honest advice on the troop levels required for this mission to the refusal to properly arm our troops in the field for years after it was known that certain armaments were needed, the politicization of the military will surely be a top theme through which this administration will be remembered in history.
You’re concerned about dan’s wife now lev?? Lonesome at home? You still haven’t highlighted where the article blames Bush of the politizition of the military.. As for their cuts in funding, most of these have come from the dimocrats. The same group that wants us OUT of Iraq, and Guantanimo closed.
Watch for the politicization of the military to be one of the grand themes through which historians will chronicle the Bush Administration.
We’ve been at war since 2001 and you think that serious historians will accuse Bush of politicization of the military? You’re a partisan ‘tard Leon, and only a partisan ‘tard would believe that the military has been being politicized during this war effort by anyone other than Liberal idiots and other enemies of the US.
Now now, dan. I’m sure that wife of yours did a humiliating number on you this weekend, but a superfluous use of “‘tard” with a hint of neo-McCarthayism sprinkled in doesn’t mask your shortcommings, both intellectually and personally, no matter how aggressively you state them.
From the forced retirement of the senior officer corps that dared provide honest advice on the troop levels required for this mission to the refusal to properly arm our troops in the field for years after it was known that certain armaments were needed, the politicization of the military will surely be a top theme through which this administration will be remembered in history.
No more humiliating than the number I did on your Mother last weekend, ‘tardboy. (BTW, your Daddy and Sister both like to watch.)
The forced retirement and/or transfers of high ranking Officers during wartime and Officers being unhappy with their supplies are quite common throughout US history Leon. If you understood ANYTHING about American history you would have known that.
AND, since you brought up “ the refusal to properly arm our troops in the field”, wasn’t it a Liberal named Obama that voted against funding for the US troops in 2007?
Keep on preaching and showing us how stupid you really are, Leon. You’re the star attraction when bill2008’s not on here.
Free Advice::: When you’re trying to point out another member’s intellectual “shortcommings”, you have more credibility if you’d learn to spell shortcomings.
Watch for the politicization of the military to be one of the grand themes through which historians will chronicle the Bush Administration.
We’ve been at war since 2001 and you think that serious historians will accuse Bush of politicization of the military? You’re a partisan ‘tard Leon, and only a partisan ‘tard would believe that the military has been being politicized during this war effort by anyone other than Liberal idiots and other enemies of the US.
Now now, dan. I’m sure that wife of yours did a humiliating number on you this weekend, but a superfluous use of “‘tard” with a hint of neo-McCarthayism sprinkled in doesn’t mask your shortcommings, both intellectually and personally, no matter how aggressively you state them.
From the forced retirement of the senior officer corps that dared provide honest advice on the troop levels required for this mission to the refusal to properly arm our troops in the field for years after it was known that certain armaments were needed, the politicization of the military will surely be a top theme through which this administration will be remembered in history.
No more humiliating than the number I did on your Mother last weekend, ‘tardboy. (BTW, your Daddy and Sister both like to watch.)
The forced retirement and/or transfers of high ranking Officers during wartime and Officers being unhappy with their supplies are quite common throughout US history Leon. If you understood ANYTHING about American history you would have known that.
AND, since you brought up “ the refusal to properly arm our troops in the field”, wasn’t it a Liberal named Obama that voted against funding for the US troops in 2007?
Keep on preaching and showing us how stupid you really are, Leon. You’re the star attraction when bill2008’s not on here.
Free Advice::: When you’re trying to point out another member’s intellectual “shortcommings”, you have more credibility if you’d learn to spell shortcomings.
I wouldn’t have taken you for a necrophiliac, but hey, I can’t say I’m surprised that you revealed this to us all, danni. Aside from your wife, what other gross shitt are you into?
Firing George McLellan because he was a yellow belly is incomparable to forcing Eric Shinseki out because he stated that half-azzing this war with 150k troops and a boatload of Halliburton no-bid contractors was a recipe for disaster. If you understood anything about context you would be able to see that.
Obama coauthored a defense appropriation that not only fully funded the two wars, but also provided for things such as body armor and increased VA aid to PTSD. Obama voted against giving the Bush Administration-supported bill that had zero provisions for body armor or back end veterans benefits. I’m not surprised to see this Palin-esque shill shitt coming off your keyboard. See here for your own personal edification.
Perhaps once the sting of being smacked around in the face with dildos all weekend wears off, dannie you may find yourself with some more sense than you are showing on here this morning.
Watch for the politicization of the military to be one of the grand themes through which historians will chronicle the Bush Administration.
We’ve been at war since 2001 and you think that serious historians will accuse Bush of politicization of the military? You’re a partisan ‘tard Leon, and only a partisan ‘tard would believe that the military has been being politicized during this war effort by anyone other than Liberal idiots and other enemies of the US.
Now now, dan. I’m sure that wife of yours did a humiliating number on you this weekend, but a superfluous use of “‘tard” with a hint of neo-McCarthayism sprinkled in doesn’t mask your shortcommings, both intellectually and personally, no matter how aggressively you state them.
From the forced retirement of the senior officer corps that dared provide honest advice on the troop levels required for this mission to the refusal to properly arm our troops in the field for years after it was known that certain armaments were needed, the politicization of the military will surely be a top theme through which this administration will be remembered in history.
No more humiliating than the number I did on your Mother last weekend, ‘tardboy. (BTW, your Daddy and Sister both like to watch.)
The forced retirement and/or transfers of high ranking Officers during wartime and Officers being unhappy with their supplies are quite common throughout US history Leon. If you understood ANYTHING about American history you would have known that.
AND, since you brought up “ the refusal to properly arm our troops in the field”, wasn’t it a Liberal named Obama that voted against funding for the US troops in 2007?
Keep on preaching and showing us how stupid you really are, Leon. You’re the star attraction when bill2008’s not on here.
Free Advice::: When you’re trying to point out another member’s intellectual “shortcommings”, you have more credibility if you’d learn to spell shortcomings.
I wouldn’t have taken you for a necrophiliac, but hey, I can’t say I’m surprised that you revealed this to us all, danni. Aside from your wife, what other gross shitt are you into?
Firing George McLellan because he was a yellow belly is incomparable to forcing Eric Shinseki out because he stated that half-azzing this war with 150k troops and a boatload of Halliburton no-bid contractors was a recipe for disaster. If you understood anything about context you would be able to see that.
Obama coauthored a defense appropriation that not only fully funded the two wars, but also provided for things such as body armor and increased VA aid to PTSD. Obama voted against giving the Bush Administration-supported bill that had zero provisions for body armor or back end veterans benefits. I’m not surprised to see this Palin-esque shill shitt coming off your keyboard. See here for your own personal edification.
Perhaps once the sting of being smacked around in the face with dildos all weekend wears off, dannie you may find yourself with some more sense than you are showing on here this morning.
Gee DAN, it must be nice to be so WELL LIKED by so many!
