God forbid this group of refuse get anywhere near the horns of power again.

These criminal jackass just never know when to go away. One disgrace after another. They truly believe their perpetual fraud is still working. Deport these POS Commycrats or give them a lobotomy.

From the bottom of the enlisted heap, serving under Clinton was a slow seepage of troops... people would transfer out of the shop and no one would transfer back in again. Scheduling shifts got harder and finding time for "military" training got harder. By military training I mean all the training necessary for "what if people start shooting at us", "what if we have to pick up and move", "what if we have personel losses", "what if our position is overrun." Our continuity files (so a whole different crew could run the shop without anyone there to show them procedures or where anything was kept) went to crap in short order.

Rather than enlistment bonuses troops often qualified for non-enlistment bonuses... a nice fat severance check if you chose not to stay in the miltiary. Normally I'm tremendously critical of anyone who takes the pregnancy route out of the military, but they *wanted* us to leave, the more the better. So I did.

(If I'd been thinking straight I'd have stayed one more year and got *paid* to leave. Never NEVER make important decisions while half your brain is mush.)

Didn't a few come out for armed strikes, for Pete's sake, against North Korea and its missiles?

That's the ultimate nerve, egging on this administration to do what they would never contemplate doing in the Clinton administration.

Like so many of their ilk, they can't see the staggering hypocrisy.

Ooooh, that's quite a group of turds collecting at the bottom of the cesspool. Do democrats actually do anything productive?

Interesting figures from USA Today, passed along in Buckley's latest column, comparing spending changes, adjusted for inflation, for an entire presidency, for defense among other things.

Here are the just some of the numbers that he provides, for overall changes in defense spending...

Johnson, +5% (Vietnam escalation)
Nixon/Ford, -6% (post-Vietnam reductions)
Reagan, +4% (I thought this would be higher)
Bush, GHW, -4% (post-cold war downsizing)
Clinton, -2%
Bush, GW, +8%

I dunno, I find it interesting that Clinton cut another 2% in the face of increasing world-wide terror attacks, including in the US and on our citizens, after dad Bush had already scaled back the cold war military. In other words, what do you cut after you've already started cutting to the bone? And, speaking as someone definitely on the right side of the aisle, don't forget to ask why Newt went along with it in the name of a balanced budget. It's only fair.

Oh, and here's a really interesting figure...Johnson boosted defense spending 5% and education spending an eye-popping 31%. Makes me sorta think there's a typo in there. Either that or the federal government was spending next to nothing on education...if true I'd have to say 'those were the days'.

And, speaking as someone definitely on the right side of the aisle, don't forget to ask why Newt went along with it in the name of a balanced budget. It's only fair.
Falze

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
US Constitution, Art. 1, Sec. 8

Clinton signed them into law, but Congress wrote the bills. This cannot be blamed solely on the Clinton Administration, the significant amount of the blame must lie directly at Congress's feet considering it is their Constitutional duty to fund the army.

And wasn't is essentially Clinton's army that went into Afghanistan in 2001? Seems they were doing a pretty good job ther until Bush moved them over to Iraq.

And, speaking as someone definitely on the right side of the aisle, don't forget to ask why Newt went along with it in the name of a balanced budget. It's only fair.
There is the bully pulpit.
Let's not forgot how well Clinton used the Government shutdown against Republicans when it came to the budget.

I'm Sorry, but the fact that Sandy "what Bulge Officer" Berger is NOT in jail is that the Republicans did not push his theft of Federal Documents. Some of which we're (Admittedly) destroyed by him. Anyone else would still be in federal prison writing a "tell All Book!!

Nice to see someone is preparing for the future. Gawd knows Bush and the Republicans won't do it - they are so lost and dazed from all this terrorizing they've been victims of they are often seen wandering around like street people, asking for "spare votes".

Preparing what for the future?

Lee, you aren't even coherent. Not that it's unusual, but I keep on having hope.

Preparing what for the future?

Lee, you aren't even coherent. Not that it's unusual, but I keep on having hope.

Nice to see someone is preparing for the future. Gawd knows Bush and the Republicans won't do it - they are so lost and dazed from all this terrorizing they've been victims of they are often seen wandering around like street people, asking for "spare votes".

Hey Lee, if you get your wish, we won’t have any military if the next DemocRatic administration comes into power. If fact, we will be at the beck anc call of the Unholy Nations for our defense. That is what Clintoon and his cronies wanted to do. You can also be sure that if the Poodle or the Hildabeast get in, the first thing that they will do is cut and run from Iraq and Afghanistan ASAP

Synova, Thanks for asking!

Drink the Kool-aid and you'll see much more clearly. The Democrats have picked up the flag dropped by the Republicans, and are pushing forward on initiatives to upgrade our military readiness, which has been decimated by the Republican party's war on the MSM --

I mean war on Democrats --

I mean war on everyday American citizens --

oh you know - that whole WAR thing the conservatives have been waging on anyone that isn't White, Chrisitan, and living in a Red State.

It's obvious the military is talking with the incoming party-in-power to make ready for the future.

Hey, did you notice -- Murtha was right about the Marine's murdering civilians in Haditha. Now how did he get that inside info? hmmm.....

Paul...yeah, I knew the shutdown figured into it somewhere, but still, when you consider that no one even reads the budget or knows what's in it, I do think it's fair to question Congress' role in the gutting of the military. I think you probably agree with that, though.

Oh, geez, that sounds bad...I meant you'd agree that it's OK to question Congress' role...not that you'd agree with the gutting of the military.

Falze, I am not giving a pass to Congress. Just pointing out what they had to go up against to increase Military spending.

Such as Clinton's bully pulpit and the Democrats/MSM demagoguing the "peace dividend".

Lee, you're deluded. The military is talking to the next party in power, the one that insists that we don't ever need to fight anyone, the one who's premier expert on the military views "preparedness" as retreating so as to be "prepared" to re-deploy? It's obvious to you that the military is set to get cozy with the Democratic party? Oh, and you didn't fail to make accusations of racism and proclaim, yet again, a group of Marines guilty without trial.

You typed more words without managing to say anything. Dang, Lee. That takes talent.

If you think its true that Clinton significantly weakened our military,

(which I do.) You have to ask yourself what kind of idiots would

jump into a major conflict without rebuilding it? Or making Clinton

et al.

pay a political price for it.

Lee, each time you use the slogan "Drink the Kool-Aid", you look that much stupider. Find a new slogan, or write more coherant and on-topic posts.

By the way, Jim Jones served Flavor-Aide, not Kool-Aid.

Lee needs to sue the taxidermist what sowed up his haid.

Momma dropped him on it when she went to find that crack pipe in her pocket book.

Perry, Albright, and Berger ? Larry, Moe, and Curly weren't available ?

- MikeB