Our enemies are licking their chops as they see us voluntarily weakening ourselves.
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that building and maintaining a strong military is one of the most important things that a country can do for itself. Throughout history, countries that could successfully defend themselves were much less likely to be attacked. Those with weak militaries were left vulnerable.
The United States possesses the strongest military in the history of the world. Much of the rest of the world hates us, but who is the first country they call when they’re under attack? That’s right, us. Having a powerful military is a wonderful deterrent to attack, both for us and for our allies.
So, why in the world would a country such as the U.S. want to weaken itself militarily? It makes absolutely no sense, but that’s what the current administration has in mind with its proposal to reduce our nuclear arsenal by one-third. That’s a dramatic step, but there have been plenty of smaller ones that also add up, including financial cuts and making the military a low priority compared to the administration’s pet domestic programs.
What’s going to happen if we continue to voluntarily weaken ourselves militarily? In addition to the obvious – our enemies will step up their attacks both here at home and against our interests abroad – joining the U.S. military is going to become a much less attractive choice. And we all know what that eventually means – the reinstatement of a military draft. Why we have to keep battling on issues of common sense I’m not sure, but that’s the way it is now.
What do you think will happen if the Obama Administration succeeds in its goal of weakening the U.S. militarily? Will that embolden our enemies to become more aggressive? Will it result in fewer Americans wanting to make a career out of the military? Will it lead to a military draft? I’d really like to hear what you have to say about this.
Cuts in the U.S. military? Absolutely! The waste, fraud and corruption within the Military Industrial Complex is out of control and bankrupting America. This nation now spends more on the military than every other country combined and the results are planes such as the F-35 that can’t fly, littoral ships that fall to pieces at sea and aircraft carriers such as the Gerald R. Ford that requires 35 million extra to replace two generators that exploded during testing.
Furthermore, Washington’s dangerous foreign policies in the middle east and the Ukraine have achieved nothing but the destruction of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan along with Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen. The death and destruction along with creating millions of homeless and desperate people are the results of Washington’s foreign policy failures.
Military spending is the most wasteful as it only creates weapons of mass destruction and allows Washington to behave like a drunken bully.
The Pentagram is run by zionist neo-cons and the officers. many of whom are as Col. David Hackworth described,” perfumed princes of the Pentagon,” some of whom are directly involved in corruption and worse.
America is spending itself into a deep hole with total disregard for the consequences.
Washington’s war in the middle east and Ukraine have made America a pariah state. In Syria, U.S. military advisers are directing terrorist groups against innocent people of that poor nation.
Planes that can’t fly, ships that are useless, and a foreign policy of aggression around the world is in turn doing nothing for the safety of not just those people America declares war on but the safety and freedom of the people of America as well.
Military spending should be reduced by 50%. We need to close ALL foreign bases abroad and bring all our troops home where they belong not in Germany, not in Japan, not in the middle east and not in obscure foreign nations committing secret operations that create havoc.
Above all parents need to convince their kids the military is not were they belong. We need to stop feeding this monster. There is nothing glorious or holy about serving in the military, it is now about death and destruction of sovereign states.There is no obligation to do so. The only service our founding fathers requires of us is jury duty.
Military spending is out of control and we are no more safer than we were at anytime in our history, we have less freedom, less prosperity and in turn a nation that is facing a train wreck.
Those calling for increased spending are insane. We need to stop the insanity of wars in the middle east, we need to stop provoking Russia and China, we need to stop creating violent revolutions such as the one in the Ukraine and we need to put an end to all foreign aid including Israel and Saudi Arabia,
As long as America continues with its reckless foreign policies and wasteful spending we are going to be the poorer for it. We have gained nothing for all these wars and it has caused the needless deaths of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children who were no threat to us.
As I stated before America is heading towards a train wreck and the continued insane spending on the military is exacerbating the situation.
There is an insanity within Washington; we need a 180 degree change in our foreign policies and priorities.
Once upon a time, I had a Cop tell me that if FEMA II got involved, that he would turn in his weapon and shield and go home to his family. He wouldn’t go into any detail after that, but he said that his family would come first.
It all started when a few people started to take God out of school,in business and especially the government; see what this Muslim in the White House is doing; don’t have to be very smart to see he was put in by atheist and some very rich people who have an agenda to take down the greatest country ever was and the Muslims said we will take you down. The politicians are narcissistic and puppets , just give them a little more cash . Madison is rolling in his grave. We are in the end times whether you like it or believe it God will not be mocked or cheapened. We are in for a huge crash, get prepared, Know your Savior. I pray for some good honest men to save our country from the corruption that is in the W.H.
This is in response to shar. It’s called the separation of church and state, and that was built into the original Constitution that was written when we were founded as a country over 200 years ago. To say this is a recent change is an ignorant statement. Do you know much about our constitution or even american history for that matter? Don’t make such a foolish statement, and there is also what’s called freedom of religion, your making yourself sound biased, I do understand that you have your beliefs, and I’m a Christian, but I don’t go around shoving my religion down other people’s throats. How would you like it if I randomly ran into you and shoved turning you into a Satanist down your throat? Same concept. I do agree that we are weakening ourselves military wise, and I also agree that this country is going to the outhouse, but to say it’s because other people don’t believe what you do makes you sound biased. We are a country of MANY people and MANY religions, that’s also what makes us the most diverse county in the world. Know your facts before you open your mouth. We are also a socialist country, look at public schools, our mail system, free public transportation, social security, Medicare and Medicaid, welfare, and food stamps. And our president is not Muslim, that’s something Sarah Palin came up with for the presidential campaign. When McCain was having a campaign rally he had to correct someone in the crowd he let speak about that, look it up. He’s black, that doesn’t make him Muslim. Know your facts, before I talk I read books. If you had even a clue what our government is really up to, you would leave the country. This is just touching the surface of what our leaders really have planned for us. Be ready, stay alert, and when things start going down, have a plan in place. Plan your work, and work your plan, or you will never survive.
Im not trying to be a wise guy .but it seems weve become a nation of good talkers what would the 2nd world war generation have done by now? With all the corruption i believe we would have massive demonstations in washington
We have downsized our nuclear arsenal several times in the past (remember SALT), but this President is determined to make the U.S. a much weaker nation. The U.S. maintained a strong military while our allies limited their military spending and spent more on social programs. While our European allies went socialist, our society was corrupted with anti-capitalist, anti-Christian, anti-competition, and victimization. Instead of rewarding results, we reward efforts. Instead of working to become rich, we expect the rich to “share” even if the ones to “share” with made no effort or took no risks.
The U.S. can no longer afford to maintain a large, well trained, well supplied, technically superior military. The U.S. dollar is on the verge of collapse. Several nations are working so the dollar is no longer the world currency. When that happened to the British pound, the pound lost 27% of its value within two weeks. Britain had to ration coal leading to scheduled power outs. We should force our allies to take a larger role of maintaining their own security. We have protected them by providing a much larger military force with modern weapon systems that they have been able to get by with much smaller forces and much smaller investments.
The U.S. number one weapon is a sound economy. We have regulated ourselves out of steel mills, oil production, nuclear power, strong science and math education, business competition, high school vocation programs, holding people accountable (especially our political leaders and press), etc. The U.S. no longer has the will or the resources to maintain a super-power military. China and India are establishing a regional bank similar to the IMF to direct economic activity in Asia with China pledging an initial $4 Trillion stake of an expect $8 Trillion needed for the first decade. Russia, China and other countries have made agreements to bypass the dollar in world trade. China now has the largest economy and India is expected to take the #2 spot in the next decade. The U.S. needs to reduce its considerable debt, develop a first class education system, de-regulate the economy, shut its borders and welfare system to illegal low-skilled workers and their families, and totally revamp its Welfare system
Don…you are spot on. The U.S. Has many domestic problems that need to be addressed plus our dysfunctional government indicates a weakness. Even with cuts, our military will still be the best and largest.
Lock and load………and keep plenty o’ powder dry!!!
People, there is a lot of things we do not know about our Military. I also believe their are are a lot of things the President does not know about our Military. Unless you have seen the Military arsenal. Our Military arsenal has updated munitions. We have boxes and boxes of demolitions. Most of our missiles are small charge nukes. The nukes make our conventional weapons three times stronger. We stock pile these weapons, as we evolve into better bombs, we need to make room for the better stuff. we claim that we are reducing our nuklear weapons, but in reality were recycling the old weapons and converting them into newer, better weapons. We have underground shelters full of weapons ready for use when needed. This most people don’t know about. When the President says we are reducing our nuklear weapons down to one third? yeah we are dumping all the old un-necessary stuff that’s not any good. It’s like having your regular clothing, and there’s your sunday clothing. The President is only a puppet. He plays the role to make the people that’s us, believe he is running the show, but he is not. The U.N. is a joke. That’s only good if you are a small country. What happened when Bush decided he wanted to invade Iraq and get Saddam Husain? Even thou the U.N. was against that, he did it anyway. How many millions were spent on that and afterwards? How many Millions does the U.S. give away to other countries? “Sarah” what happened in pearl Harbor? Did the Japanese attack some other country? Unless I miss understood you. Pearl harbor is part of the U.S. They brought the war to this country. I think “Paul” is right. We can keep good security of our country with a smaller budget. If we stop running around the world trying to keep everybody from doing what the want. When the Dollar becomes worthless, that’s when the SHF. The Government is ready, and that’s when Marshal law becomes a reality. Are you ready? I’m ready for everything and anything, willing to do what i must for survival.
Obama doesn’t seem to understand the concept of “peace through strength” and/or he is acting on behalf of those who want to disempower our nation. I keep thinking of the “Nobel Peace Prize” he was awarded years ago. What was that about? He had done nothing. Was it a message from the controllers of his puppet strings that he is expected to take the United States of America down a notch?
I’ve thought about the possibility of the draft being reinstated for years. I hate to think what that would look like in view of the changes that have been made to the military under the Obama administration.
Wake up people! This is being done all by design! Obama is a true Muslim, and is going to destroy this country from the inside out, don’t you see that? Why do you think that he’s doing that among many other things, including the lax in the Border? Stirring up all the commotion with the black murders all over the country? He is trying to get us all fighting against each other- Believe me, he is NO lame duck, but a very cunning man- We are indeed in the end times, God have mercy, on this country!
What constitution? Wend they say in sound bites their committed to uphold the constitution their referring to the 1ft or now the second re-written constitution the’ve proposed to uphold. I’ve read so much on and around this subject that I’ve losted what document I was to cite here for this information. Will someone please respond here with the apropeate evadentury citation? Thanks.
To your reclaimed freedoms.
The trouble is; Obama does know what he is doing. He does understand that he is weakening our country. It is his intended goal. Obama already has begun working to reduce nuclear weapons without a treaty, which would require Senate ratification. This would allow Obama and the executive branch to cut our military capability and nuclear weaponry and ignore the treaty clause of the Constitution. Obama is purging the military by firing top-level commanders with his ultimate goal to “destroy U.S. military superiority” to the “advantage of our global enemies.” If the American People by now don’t know who their enemy is, they all just better go back to sleep.
Obama knows full well what hees doing,by soros and the rest of the evil axis in the world.now hes sending 270 of his election fixers to Israel to fix that election to oust MR netanyahew just like he fixed the last to elections here,oh with a lot of help mind you as hes not smart enough,honedtld stupidest person I ever saw.wish the us and Israel could trade presidents. there is 2 terrorist training camps within 60 miles of my house and nobody will do a thing about it.maybe its time.if I started a militia to PROTECT this country id never see daylight again! ive had enough!
My son is in the airforce 1 year ago he was shaking in his jeans ,because of military cuts ,,so far he has been lucky not to loose his job.. he has been in now for ten years and wants to finish with 20 yrs ,,we pray this will still happen for him ,,but with this s.o.b. running this country we have our doubts ,,and cutting our nuc,s will bring russia and china knocking on our back door ,,,i hope all of you are ready ? red dawn is comming soon //its time we the people take back our country before its too late ???we need a president who will make this country great again( now)……… god help us AMERICA WAKE UP ///
The current administration policy regarding our military is very dangerous. We are all ready under assault from the ISIS terrorists at our unsecured borders. The world hates us and will be attack because we are now weak. If attack, I hope it does wake up the sleepy beast like Japan bombing Pearl Harbor. All he is interested in is making American an one party dictatorship with all the goodies he is given away to people. We need to stop the flow of illegals and put an end to his welfare state and put people to work on real job.
President Obama stated that he has in mind a proposal to reduce our nuclear arsenal by one-third. Really, President Obama woke up one day and thought to himself, how can I reduce our military armament by one third? Oh, I know, lets get rid of those nuclear weapons. We don’t need them anymore. After all, the rest of the world, al lease most of them in the world has at lease one nuke. Are you kidding me!
Hey Mr. President, how about you stop talking through your hat and fix that which is broken. Have you taken the time to look at our missile silos? Perhaps you should give it a whirl instead of playing golf or start talking about nuclear reduction.
Are you aware that everything in a missile silo is outdated? Are you aware that due to the outdate equipment in these silos that most of this equipment is no longer made, therefore, it can not be replaced? Are you aware that our enemies know where our silos are and that they have been logged and coded for a nuclear strike?
Yet, you are worried about the number of nuclear weapons in the US stock pile. Well maybe I would be worried too. After all what makes you think we can fire those birds? Maybe we should just start chucking rocks at our enemies. Or we can drop them from our drone Air Force.
Look Mr. President I realize that you have priorities, lets just get them straight. If you want to replace a nuke with an updated version, fine. If you want to get rid of them – think again. You have Russia and China paying for their goods and services with each other in their own currencies. Both countries are bypassing the world accepted currency, the US Dollar. What if the rest of the world starts doing this? We would really be up the creek without a paddle. And you are concern about our nuclear weapons being to many.
Please put your energies to something more productive like the White House Garden. At lease there, you can watch your garden grow.
why should the rest of the world continue to support our deficit spending by using our dollar.
fixed silos can no longer survive a first strike from an enemy and are useless. the only nuclear weapons we can rely on are on our nuclear subs. each missile carries multiple independently targeted warheads and each sub carries enough missiles to wipe out most countries.
I don’t think the boys in our military will attack their own kin and families. But I do think Obama already has his own goon squad in place to try and do the job .him trying to rid this country of people who own guns will be near next to an immposible task.I myself will let them have a couple to satisfy them.but people in my town are made up of ex military and we already have plans to block certain roads.They are in for a big surprise when they come our way.I suggest all communities do the same,rally and plan for this, muslims onslaught.take no prisoners. He is a tyrant of the first degree and why congress is to busy filling their own pockets and not trying to oust this maniac is beyond me .Do they actually think this criminal will
let them keep their money and live in luxury,those dumb asses will be the first to face obamas firing squads.They better try to impeach this moron before its to late. God bless all of you and God bless these United States Of AMERICA!!!! oooorah!!
Obama has an army.every time there is a stimulus or very large sum of money going to special interests where do you think the money goes? there is so much money it cant be acconted for.it goes to obamas war chest. his threat,fundamentally transform America remember? he has bought Russians,chinese,muslems for his personal army with our tax money. he knows as well as his masters that our own armed forces wont kill us in case of insurrection but the above mentioned will do so gladly! just where did all the trillions go? this country has hit the bottom and I saw no new infrastructure or shovel ready jobs. what about such things as bridges for turtles,mating habits of mosquitos studies?not hard to get the money for these things and not do them as there is no accountability. what about sylyndra and more getting billions then going bankrupt,more money that cant be accounted for. the bigger the lie and bigger the $ the more likely they get away with it.
The only thing I can say is what everyone thinks but is afraid to openly say. It is time to pick up the guns that they want to take away and start taking out and back
Freakin’ makes me want to puke. This butthole is sending our boys overseas and then letting foreigner troops here. It doesn’t take a genius to ascertain what is going on here. And other who have pointed out that congress is doing nothing to stop him are right. They are just as guilty
Don’t blame the Muslims, blame you fellow Americans for electing this clown TWICE. with 44% of the population on the dole and government workers making 20K more than the average American, get used to it.. Our electorate is on the government tit.. and it’s the end of our republic!!!
It is better to vote for a clown because you know he is a joker; than a Republican who is delusional about this country being in great shape after what G.W. Bush did to it.
It sounds like one of the lunatics wants to run the asylum, which one would you choose, a joker or a delusional lunatic?
It’s a lot like FRANKENSTEIN all over again.
don’t blameme! I didn’t vote for him we are powerless , ive written senators and I get a thanks for your letter.besides elections are meaning less because there fixed .you don’t really believe a jr senator who never even ran a lemonade stand and has not released a birth cert ,actually got elected legally? one more thing,any scum from abroad who immigrates here to the country they hate, and wont assimilate or abide by our laws are called americans. so when people say we did this or we did that or we let them get away with it ,there are two catergories for WE.
Obama’s complete change of America, is the total destruction of America. That has been his plans from the start. Look at how many Countries that George Sores has bankrupted. Why do U think Obama will not have a cap on his spending. Obama , with the leadership of George, the dollar will be gone this year. Do away with a countries Millitary & Dollar, what is left. We’ll be sitting here waiting to see which country wants to take us, which will be all the Muslims that have infested this country. In regards to Patrick, about the army taking our guns. It will be Fema. Why do U think the Gov. is land grabbing. Why is Fema building camps all over the country, wonder what that’s for. With complete destruction, got to have places to put people. Complete Destruction, is the goal. We’ve already lost the Super Power status, wake Up AMERICA!!! Common Core, dumbing down our country, trying to tell everyone that’s White, that we should fell racist. If it wasn’t for Obumer, we wouldn’t have this race problem. If they want me to feel bad, they can KISS this WHITE ASS!! PRAY for what is left of this country, and our great people in the military. I have 2 family members in there now. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
RED DAWN…comes to mind
I agree that we need & require a strong military. Draft sucks as anyone that was drafted will tell tou. I can name a lot of countries that would like a small deterent force as ours. The only reason there is a problem lies strictly at the top of the chain of command. Weakening our miliary only asks for WW III. This will embolden those little Hitlers around the world. Let us not foget hpw small the world has gotten. Why did this country believe all the lies told ny the present administration. We are the most gullible spieces in th e universe
I aggree with Edward. This world does need a “Benevolent” country to look too. We don’t have enemies just because we have a strong military. Mostly, we have enemies because of our ‘bullying tactics’ we use all over the world. Starting with our Congress. Everyone blames Barack Obama. We do have some good people in our Congress but, most of them are eithe just contrary, racists or just money followers….not leaders. The fact is, we have too many mouths to feed and the upper 1% aren’t gonna share. That has been left up to our comunities. If this ‘race’ is gonna survive, it’s gonna have to be through a new spritual awakening, beginning with shedding the restraints of religion. There’s only one race here people…..the Human race. Military might is only going to take us down the same trail that got us here to begin with. Maybe I don’t understand the definition of the word “Benevolent”.
I keep hearing that the upper 1% won’t share. What do you want them to share? They are already taxed at over 50% of gross income (when including state and local taxes)? If you taxed them at 100% of income, you’d only have enough revenue to fund the government for a few months. And, we would still have large deficits. So, just how and what do you want them to share?
I would sure like to see where you got your facts on that over 50% of their gross income. someone has been feeding you a lie. Back in the 50s Eisenhower had a marginal tax rate around 70% and we were prosperous. By the way most of our income tax laws were designed by the rich to help them stay rich.
Wait a minute! Isn’t it the government that’s going to bash down our doors and take our guns. Who do you think is going to be doing that? Why make the military stronger?
I’m an old guy – from back in the draft days. When everyone was fair game, you had a much larger “pool” of cultures, backgrounds, and people. Guys like myself enlisted right out of high school. That way, we were able to choose the branch we wanted to join, and our selective servicer obligation was covered. I remember that back in the late 70s my boss was a former Marine Capt. He had planned to make a career of it, but the draft ended just about tghe half-way mark of his enlistment. He said it was “like going from the light into the darkness”.
Neil is absolutely correct in his analysis of the cultural diversity of a nationwide draft. If everyone is part of our military force, perhaps our citizenry will pay more attention to how we deploy it. Since the advent of a volunteer army, only those whose family members are part of it seem to pay attention to how it is deployed.
As far as our enemies perceiving that we have weakened our deterrent abilities, hasn’t this already happened with the annexation of the Crimea and possible other Ukranian areas? We clearly had no forceful response to the events in Georgia a few years back. That was just a test. We failed.
Let’s take back our rightful place in the world. Vote intelligently in the coming primaries and elections!
Muslim in the White House, everyone in the military knows it, they fight against the very arms paid for by this Muslim with the magic pen, our supreme golfer. They see the pain in each others faces as they defend against the weapons the King hand kisser, the only President to bow to another leader, has paid for. Do not think these soldiers are going to shoot at their own kin in support of this Muslim.
Most of the leaders in congress and the white house are those “Draft Dodgers” of yesterday. They ran from their responsibilities before and continue to run. I was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps in 1969 during Viet Nam, I retired from the U.S. Navy in 1993. I have seen the military at it’s strongest and it’s weakest. I have worked under good and bad Presidents however, I have never seen such a weak detrimental President as Obama. His personal army of DHS will not stand up against the US Military who still works for the people of America.
4th paragraph you highlighted the reinstatement of the draft as that was a bad thing. I reality it’s probably the only sane thing left to do. There have been a multitude of issues with the current voluntary force. First off for years the military have had trouble meeting the quota needed to ensure an efficient force. The issue got so bad they started lowering the standards, Lowering the Standards? you know what that means, the quality goes down. It’s like asking for a T Bone steak and getting a cubed steak. On top of that the government started offering awards for folks referring recruits only to have the system get abused where recruiters were pocketing the money. I think the draft is needed and should be reinstated for both male and female. This country shouldn’t be a free ride for anyone. Everyone should be required to spend a four year term and in turn each individual is guaranteed an 4 year degree. That alone eliminate the student loan burden and provides a good start to every young American
While the US military has paid zillions to 3rd parties to build weapons – spending 15x the next 5 largest militaries combined, they have amassed cyber armies that are far better than ours… Bush ignored this and gave all your money to Haliburton and others to sustain the war machine and helped add immensely to debt. The push for a cyber army will be far less expensive and at this time our greatest risk… reducing the boots and increasing the butts is far greater payback in our security – with or without the privacy concerns we all have.
Although I can agree on the cyber threat as a real one I just don’t see how limiting boots on the ground for butts in the seat is our best defense. If they manage to blowup the power grid do you expect the butts to pick up their non functional computers and throw them at the enemy?
Jim, that is just the problem. The Government believes that they are living in cyber space. So by pushing a button, they can send a drone to do the dirty work and take care of their little problem.
We really need to stop talking about it and start doing something about it.
I too believe that the elections are likely rigged, especially with advent of electronic voting. I saw Ron Paul as a good candidate in the last election but he was clearly stymied and sidelined at the GOP convention. Interestingly enough, Obama was voted the most liberal of the liberals by his own party and the policies he supports have definitely demonstrated that. I really believe that neither the Democratic nor the Republican party are representing what are country truly needs: less and fair taxation, smaller government, fiscal responsibility, bring our troops home, protection of liberties, and the strengthening of our borders and armed services.
As far as I am concerned, the office of Commander-in-Chief has been vacant since 21 January 2009. The usurper that sits in that chair has no right to issue any orders, make any treaties, or make any cuts in our military. Obama is a “clear and present danger to the safety and security of the United States of America”. What is Congress so afraid of?
Congress is afraid that they are next. They’re right.
Maintaining a strong defense is important.
Maintaining a ready OFFENSE around the world is typical of an imperial government.
The world hates us because we interfere with the sovereignty of other nations.
It is possible to maintain a strong defense without policing the world, and that can be accomplished with a smaller “defense” budget.
Maintaining a Strong Defense is not important, is vital. Getting into other countries business with a reasonable goal, which matches the U.N. goals is not imperialism. If the USA had acted when Hitler started invading other countries and labeling Jewish people as enemies, many more lives would have been saved, no Hiroshima or Nagasaki Nuclear attacks needed etc. I wish our world was simple as I don’t attack you and so you don’t attack me. Respect my space and I will respect yours. Just watching nature we will understand that there are predators and prey, the big fish will eat the smaller fish. Human beings haven’t changed a bit (if we read the news, murders etc.) since the caveman’s. Watch politics at the present time, a divided country is at risk, “united we stand, divided we fall”. Then Diplomatic effort is great but in the meantime? Putin, he was part of the KGB, very intelligent and astute. He read President Obama very well and took advantage. In fact, do you all recall when talking to I can’t recall if it was Putin or the Russian Ambassador, by chance the microphone was still on, and we all heard when President Obama said wait until I am re-elected. President Obama is a pacifist, nothing wrong with that. The problem is when you are a Dove surrounded by Vultures, you can’t be. Example current situation. Putin scoffed at President Obama ‘s red line in Syria and came out victorious when he sort of rescued President Obama from his naïve view of the world and international political inexperience. Right now watch, Russia says won’t invade the rest of Ukraine, but is massing troops. Our country has made some gestures like it anyone was going to mind what we say. Russia will invade the rest of Ukraine, not only that will attempt to get all the territories that defected 20 years ago. Worse than that our enemies are getting bolder, why, we are getting weaker. How did North Korea, Iran and even Venezuela reacted lately. See we think we are powerful…………. We have never suffered a serious attack from another country. Let’s continue being partisans instead of watching how our Nation is changing, how the world reacts to our changes. To have a better idea about future actions, please take time and read history. Do you recall the “Trojan Horse” a friend thinks we have more than one, he may be right. Instead I think sometimes that we allow the enemies of our country , come undetected due to naïve thinking and undermine our structure. Time will tell, I wish I had money to bet, but I pray something happens and OUR COUNTRY is saved from ourselves and remain the land of the free for all.
Well said, Sarah.
I to shudder to think that our government would ever think that it would be right to down size our nuke arsenal. We know that once gone never to return!
The wrong commander in chief… As I got older, I began to take a greater interest in politics. From an earlier conclusion that individuals were powerless to a belief each voter had a small but countable say in how things would be done. But by the time I started caring about elections, things were already rigged so no matter which party you supported, your interests were not supported. Each party’s platform was compromised to the point where you would win a few and lose a lot, no matter how you voted. Nixon was a grave disappointment, clinton was a side show, bush junior was a thinly veiled chance for the neocons to get the control they wanted. Obama was my hope for some sanity. I believe Obama wanted good things for America, but I believe when he took office “they” gave him the “way things are” speech and what he had to work with was laughable. The republicans have made his presidency a nightmare where his hopes for good change got boiled down to a desperate few programs that that became so distorted by attempts to compromise that they have become barely or non-functional shadows of what they might have been. A generation of MBA’s that think outsourcing to get a few extra dollars in the valuation of the stock was worth disenfranchising a generation of american workers are responsible for the unemployment, not the president. My only hope for a commander in chief worth following at this point is our LORD Jesus Christ, because from my perspective, no mortal man can unwind this nightmare of corruption that things have become. I was fortunate enough to have lived in the aftermath of sputnik when education and science was considered important, and I hoped my contribution to computer science would improve the quality of life for mankind. I don’t know if I helped at all, now that all this science has given us drones and surveillance and the barely recognizable Constitution of the United States. Please come soon LORD.
Douglas Goodall, WTF… Obama the savior???
This muslim and all the crooks and thieves brought in with him are destroying this great country. You blame the republicans for what’s happening now? Obama has done nothing good and is guided by the idiots he is surrounded by.
I pray the mid term elections shut them down completely.