Obama’s Blueprint for Surrendering in the War on Terror, Unilateral Disarmament, and Endangering National Security
Yesterday I asked this about the candidate I refer to as “Mr. BOOHOO-OUCH” (Barack O-bomba Overseas Hussein “Obambi†Obama - Objectively Unfit Coddler of Haters):
Does anyone doubt that Obama and a Democratic majority would further gut the military, as Clinton did, if they get the chance?
Geez, I had no idea that the proof has been out there, and so obviously (HT to Rush Limbaugh; Sept. 25 Update — Team Obama has disabled embedding, but the link still works).
Transcript (links added by me):
Thanks so much to the Caucus4Priorities for the great work you’ve been doing.
As President, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.
First, I’ll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I’m the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. As President, I will end it.
Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems. And I will institute an independent defense priorities board to ensure that the quadrennial defense review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.
Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons. I will seek a global on the production of fissile material, and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off of hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.
You know where I stand. I’ve fought for open, ethical, accountable government my entire public life. I don’t switch positions or make promises that can’t be kept. I don’t posture on defense policy, and I don’t take money from federal lobbyists or powerful defense contractors.
As President, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.
He doesn’t exactly come off as Mr. Sunshine in this vid, does he?
Nope, this is the real Barack Obama — a grimly determined Bill “No Regrets” Ayers/Bernadine Dohrn radical who has learned nothing from history.
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UPDATE: So why does Obama have so much to say about Russia and while uttering not a word about China? Answer: He must be okay with letting them arm further, and allowing them to catch up technologically.
UPDATE 2: From Rush (link will work for about a week) –
What you heard is real, and it is something that is frightening. Look, it’s patently obviously who this guy is. Make no mistake about it. This is a huge pacifist from the far-left fringe who is seeking the Oval Office.
It was radical Defense Secretary Dick Cheney who proposed cutting our military personnel by more than 25%. Clinton just finished implementing Cheney’s plan:
“Early in 1991 the secretary unveiled a plan to reduce military strength by the mid-1990s to 1.6 million, compared to 2.2 million when he entered office. In his budget proposal for FY 1993, his last one, Cheney asked for termination of the B-2 program at 20 aircraft, cancellation of the Midgetman, and limitations on advanced cruise missile purchases to those already authorized.â€
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/cheney.htm
George W. Bush sadly yet literally “gutted†the military by losing 4,000 soldiers and three-quarters of a trillion dollars in his deceitfully and mistakenly waged war in Iraq.
Obama is not talking about “surrendering in the war on terror” or “unilateral disarmament.†He’s just talking sense. Listen again.
Comment by Tony B. — May 31, 2008 @ 12:27 am
#1, I did re-listen. Twice.
Unilateral. Disarmament. China free to do as it pleases. Deliberately slowing down tech development.
It’s amazing what ignorance you reveal. Cheney reduced forces in reax to the end of the Cold War while underestimating the Islamic threat. He right-sized it based on the understanding of the day.
After Cheney did his thing, Clinton gutted the military way below what Cheney ever envisioned, even though it was becoming obvious that the Islamist threat was real and growing (as early as 1993 WTC bombing).
This IBD link shows how deep the cutting went:
HERE
W himself hasn’t ramped up enough. Obama will be worse than Carter.
I guess you’ll have to read this IBD link to see how badly this “mistaken” war and related items are going:
HERE
Comment by TBlumer — May 31, 2008 @ 1:20 am
Clinton merely hit targets established by Cheney under Bush41, but you know that.
Your IBD link tells us “Iraqi forces ran al-Qaida terrorists out of Mosul, the terror organization’s final urban stronghold.†While it is nice to see Iraqi forces doing something on their own for a change, lets not forget that al-Qaida didn’t exist in Iraq until George W. Bush foolishly invaded. al-Qaida in Iraq is not the organization that attacked us on 9/11. Bush attacked the wrong target, and he can’t get us out.
Comment by Tony B. — May 31, 2008 @ 1:49 pm
Clinton merely hit targets established by Cheney under Bush41, but you know that.
NO I don’t, but even if it were so (and it isn’t), the world changed and got more dangerous than anticipated, and Clinton did less than nothing (with the unfortunate help of Congress).
Comment by TBlumer — May 31, 2008 @ 6:39 pm