During the foreign policy debate, President Obama surprised the audience with the statement that sequestration “will not happen.” Either this was a gaffe or he pulled off the next deft move in the political/legislative sequestration battle. Find out why these cuts would be devastating to our military: http://www.heritage.org/ProtectAmerica
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To the comment below me: You said Obama will fight sequestratio, but the video clearly shows Obama advocating sequestration. Im so tired of all these Obama sheep, they all act like he's the damn Massiah.
Incase you support Obama, he is NOT the massiah, just to educate you.
Why are R's complaining about cuts to military spending anyway? U wanted Deficit reductions when you elected those deficit hawk tea party and now were cutting spending, why so upset? To think this is all because you weren't willing to raise taxes on the top 2% of income earners. And what the Prez is saying is, after he wins, and he will, R's will be forced to give him those tax raises if they want to keep their military spending. He was playing chess while you were playing chutes and ladders.
Like it or not, after $16,000,000,000,000.00 in debt, the United States isn't a Superpower anymore.
We wouldn't need such a big military if we would stop trying to police the entire world and going into decade long wars. Modern technology should mean we don't need as many ground troops or as big a Navy. The Dems and Reps both want a big military, so this is all BS anyway.
His B cert maybe?
It isn't a choice, IMO.
And that is going to save America how? Romneys returns will fill the deficit gap? lol Is it priority over all other issues? Really…
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Love & Peace
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Heritage Foundation is a joke. Remember when Dick Cheney claimed "Deficits don't matter." You didn't have a thing to say about that. We got involved in 2 wars that were never paid for and the Bush tax cuts that were supposed to "pay for themselves." HAAA!
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The military is already rudely going places they aught not to be and setting up bases all around the world. The US is the only country to do this. We aren't the global police. We need to stop.
If you listen to the debate President Obama says that the sequestration came from the House and that it won't happen. Both are lies (nothing new there, as Obama lies daily on the campaign trail). It is all documented in Bob Woodward's new book, that the sequestration idea come from the White House, then was presented to the Senate, and from there it went to the House. As for will it happen? If congress does not come up with even greater cuts that the President agrees on, then it will happen.
How very naive you, and so many Americans are. Do you really think that the world has run so smoothly for the last 70 plus years all on its own? When in history have all nations been so much at peace? Yes there are still major disagreements and small wars, but the advancement and well being of the people of the world in the last 70 is unprecedented. How did this happen? Was it because the United States and the western powers hid behind their borders praying for a better, more peaceful world?
Right, like you say we have never lived in a more peaceful global society than today. Then why do we need military bases all around the globe? Countries in the middle east do not want the U.S. in their countries. Just because the U.S. is more developed and powerful than many middle eastern countries doesn't mean the U.S. should be going in to control their countries.
maybe im wrong but i am willing to bet there are more bayonets now than in 1919
Sad how we're on the top of the food chain and our main killer is non other but us. We should be focusing on something bigger more important than just us.
We are not the global police and this is not what we are doing. We are securing the petrol dollar and keeping our currency afloat with military force while strategically placing bases to keep all threats in check. Its no coincidence we have encircled Iran and China. China may be a threat because of its numbers alone but its numbers are not effective when they have to fight a multifront war. We are positioned to invade Iran from all directions. Think about it. /watch?v=i5N_huInM0k&lc
Yeah and a dog turns in to a cat
Hay obama you ever hear the say you point your fingure at some one you have three pointing back at you.Every thing Obama accuses Romney do Obamanation you do the same thing.Problem with you Obama you blame every one else for your BULL SHIT SCREW UPS
In that case, I demand that Obama release his school records, his immigration forms and everything else he has put a lid on.
WHO cares? Screw the military.
We agree that we have come far in world peace. However, you will have to admit that if we pull back to within our borders, that a vacuum will be created. Who, or what, will fill that vacuum? The U.N.? Europe? Think of the world powers capable of coming to the aid of a country that is on the verge of being taken over or coerced into giving up something that it should not have to give up, e.g., territory, mineral rights. Will the U.N. step in? And for us to step in, do we not need forward bases?
And BTW, we have MORE bayonets today than in 1916 400K vs 700K.
Everyone watch the documentary "The World without US". You can watch it on Netflix. It is an eye opening education on why the US has bases all over the world, the history behind this and what it means for the countries we help protect.
Let's try some freaking isolationism for once. Think of how enormous of a wall we could have built with that much money, saved from military funerals alone.
One of the few enumerated powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to provide for the common defense. We're spending more money on means-tested welfare programs and entitlements than we spend for national defense. When are our leaders going to wake up and realize that we need a strong military to project American power abroad?!
Total piece of bullshit. The military was included in the sequestration just as entitlements were. Defense was put on the table to force Republicans to negotiate just as entitlements were to force Democrats. Having skin in the game, both sides were meant to have to come to a compromise, which didn't happen of course, thus the fiscal cliff.
Obama is absolutely right. Sequestration will not happen. If compromise is impossible, then both sides will come together to rid sequestration altogether.
This is a mess. Repubs haven't been begging him to come to the table…yeah, I believe that. NExt, sequestration was the HOUSE'S idea, not his! Further, we need to lessen our military budget because we need to lean out our army. We spend way more than our allies COMBINED in defense neway, if it needs to be, go right ahead with sequestration
I shoudn't have been surprised this is from heritage foundation
lol please cut the military. The title to this video is misleading…
you first bro. Can I get your social security too?
as a Canadian, i only pray obama get re-elected
Romney & Ryan’s domestic plan:
1) Give a $250,000 tax cut to the rich with a $2000 tax raise on the middle-class
2) Deny health insurance to children with preexisting conditions
3) Deny women contraceptives through their employer-provided health insurance
4) Return Wall Street to business-as-usual, which had caused the Great Recession
5) Turn Medicare into Vouchercare
6) Kill alternative-energy
7) End the Dream Act
8) Cut aid to veterans and college students
"Some animals have physical mutations… so because of this it's not ok for humans to have a sexual preference I think is weird because if it's real it should have died out as the human species evolved further because only a man and woman can reproduce."
I'll use a hermaphrodite as a physical example. They are 100% fully functional in day to day life. They may even be better at your job than you! You may consider it unnatural. Which gender do they date? What problem is this causing YOU?
Yeah cuz we all know about all the trouble going on in the ocean right? We don't need ships like sitting ducks anyway. Don't complain about the economy when Romney is going to spend all those billions on the military and for wars we don't need.
It was Obama's plan to have sequestration originally so Romney was right
Go to factcheck(dot)org
We live in the age of information, Obama has a serious problem because he is playing old political games when the truth is just a click away
some where Lindsey Graham is having a bitch fit over defense cuts
Wars we don't need? How about ask Obama about Libya and Pakistan, and more… He's killing hundreds of innocent children and people with his drone strikes.