Military Not Able To Defend The Homeland? Perhaps Not.

[WessonOil]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/politics/congress-spending-cuts/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Furloughed workers, reduced combat readiness, shrunken naval operations and cuts to Air Force flying hours and weapons maintenance.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta listed those consequences as he provided a stark warning Wednesday about the effects of impending budget cuts on the military. The result, he said, would be "the most serious readiness crisis" faced by the military in over a decade.

Panetta's address at Georgetown University in Washington, which he called "hopefully one of my last speeches as secretary of defense," included the first details of how the Pentagon would deal with the automatic spending cuts -- or sequestration in congressional jargon -- set to trigger March 1.

For the Department of Defense, sequestration means $46 billion in spending cuts this year, which would result in "a serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness," Panetta said.


Um...isn't this the military that's supposed to protect us instead of the Second Amendment?

 

[angsniper]

You mean since Clinton was in office? I remember flying medical missions WITHOUT oxygen due to those budget cuts!

 

[R. Johnson]

Maybe if they made the cuts to all of the contractors instead of to readiness, training, and personnel it wouldn't be an issue.

 

[henschman]

We could get by just fine with half the current budget if the military was actually used for defense of the "homeland."

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Bring the troops back from the sandbox. See how much money we save then.

 

[ripnbst]

We could get by just fine with half the current budget if the military was actually used for defense of the "homeland."

Bring the troops back from the sandbox. See how much money we save then.

My current feelings on our defense budget and the overall state of the military forces is in line with the statements above.

With as much money as we are hemoraging(sp?) right now I really think we could be putting troops on our border with Mexico and doing more for our country as well as saving money.