but ... it was republicans that sent soldiers out in unarmored vehicles. What would you actually like to see? That is my question. I was thinking about this today. I said an Obama administration should be held accountable also. But where to start? Obviously the economy. But how exactly?And what else? Guantanamo? How do you make that right?
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it is all about dollars and cents. > Without money, we can't buy the parts we need to keep the vehicles running > to get us out to train. If we can't train, we are not ready to fight. We > can't afford the new equipment or the neccessary upgrades that are required > to keep us technologically superior. If we can't keep our technological > superiority, they we are not ready to fight. And they like to cut the number > of troops, which means they are going to start nit picking and kicking out > otherwise good soldiers just because they are a couple of pounds overweight. > And since they need less soldiers, they are slower to promote. And that > means that good soldiers are going to stalemate. Everyone will start looking > over their shoulders again and backstabbing each other so that they are not > axed. > I can go on and on, but I think that you see the picture. > > Again, I truely hope that these things don't happen. I hope that he picks > his generals and Sec Def based on their experience and willingness to keep > our military strong and ready at all times. > Time > > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:02 PM, G Money wrote: > >> >> Bruce, I know that military spending was cut under Clinton, and generally >> speaking this seems to be the case....Republicans spend more on military, >> Democrats generally cut military budgets. >> >> But can you get into some of the specifics as to why your military service >> was so miserable under Clinton, and what specific outcomes you fear from >> the >> Obama campaign? Is it all just a matter of dollars and cents? >> >> -- >> I'm only one, but not alone >> My finest day, is yet unknown >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278651 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
