2012 Defense Budget Number. Over 1 Trillon Dollars!

Marcny · Aug 24, 2011

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waltky · Oct 11, 2011

Uncle Ferd says we gotta stay strong `cause o' dat 200 million man army over there in China...

US Army fears major budget cuts
Wed, Oct 12, 2011 - LIVING IN FANTASY: The US Army secretary said those calling for major cuts to ground troops see a future that looks more like Transformers than Saving Private Ryan

The US fiscal crisis risks ensnaring the military with drastic cuts and strategic changes that the US Army fears will leave it the main victim of the countrys debt crunch, analysts said. Having almost doubled since 2001, the Pentagon budget request to the US Congress will amount to US$553 billion next year, on top of US$118 billion allocated by the White House for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan eight months ago. However, a deficit reduction plan passed since those monies were allocated will strip about US$450 billion from military coffers during the next decade.

General Ray Odierno, the armys chief of staff, said in Washington on Monday that the savings can be achieved, but not without serious implications. Those are difficult, difficult cuts that have an impact on all the services, but particularly, in my mind, on the army, he said. The sticking point is that budget planners and strategists at the Pentagon cannot yet determine what programs or weapons will be cut or how many personnel will be declared redundant. Further cost savings of up to US$600 billion could come as a result of a bipartisan commission in Congress tasked with finding additional ways to reduce federal spending by the end of next month.

William Lynn, who was deputy defense secretary, said when he left office last week that such large cuts would require difficult choices and a combination of drastic measures. We can do this by bringing overall force levels down as we draw down in Afghanistan. We can reduce our presence in some parts of the world, while maintaining or expanding it in others, he said. And we can leverage technology to make a smaller force more effective and agile than the force we have today, but we will have to modify our strategy and prioritize our key missions.

Having risen from 480,000 active soldiers in 2001 to 570,000 currently, US Army numbers will probably fall below 520,000 after withdrawals from Iraq at the end of this year and from Afghanistan in 2014, Odierno has said. Retired Lieutenant-General David Barno, now an analyst at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington, said the army could be the big loser, as it is easier to cut soldiers than end naval or air programs. Cutting the number of ground forces may incur less risk than canceling naval and air modernization programs because the US military can build up additional ground forces more quickly than it can acquire additional naval and air forces once production lines have closed, he said.

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RtWngaFraud · Oct 12, 2011

We must cut, cut, cut! Oh...that only applies to poor people...not to invading countries for war profiteers....spend, spend, spend! (Deficits don't matter...Dick Cheney...republican idol).

Professor Peabody · Oct 12, 2011

Tell Obama to get out of the middle east, Osama's dead. Definately sail our fleet away from Libya right now. Take it up with Obama.

leftlegmoderate · Oct 12, 2011

All we need is an unsurpassed national defense, and the ability to deploy if needed.

RtWngaFraud · Oct 12, 2011

Professor Peabody said: ↑

Tell Obama to get out of the middle east, Osama's dead. Definately sail our fleet away from Libya right now. Take it up with Obama.
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Well if George and compnay hadn't created such a friggin' mess, we could have been out of there by now. He made sure the profiteers would have food forever though, and screwed the rest of us in the process.

Professor Peabody · Oct 12, 2011

RtWngaFraud said: ↑

Well if George and compnay hadn't created such a friggin' mess, we could have been out of there by now. He made sure the profiteers would have food forever though, and screwed the rest of us in the process.
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Oh please! Obama has been president for almost 3 years now, he could end it all tomorrow if he wanted. The fact he doesn't makes him no better at all. By the way he alone got us into the $2 billion dollar a day Libya thing.

RtWngaFraud · Oct 12, 2011

Professor Peabody said: ↑

Oh please! Obama has been president for almost 3 years now, he could end it all tomorrow if he wanted. The fact he doesn't makes him no better at all. By the way he alone got us into the $2 billion dollar a day Libya thing.
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Really? Like we ended Vietnam, Japan, or any number of other countries we currently occupy today? Just like that huh? Your side arms a ticking time bomb, runs away, and blames whomever happens to be around when the bomb goes off.

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