thank you mr bu$h*
Posted by spanone on Thu Jan-31-08 06:30 PM
Errrr...wrong.
More like thanks to the Libs and DUmmies like you who claim the whole terrorism threat is just a Republican boogeyman to keep people in fear.
You've managed to handcuff the DoD from doing anything tangible to cope with the next attack.
Actually I would say this all falls at the feet of the past few BRAC closures since the end of the Bush 41 days and the Dems in controll since then. We had one of the largest build ups of military might since the end of WWII and they pissed it all away.
It's Congress's fault. They won't give us the money. 1:10 Airmen are being released from the AF because thats the only way they can come up with cash to buy the new jets we need to replace the ones that are falling apart around us. We can't afford equipment. Can't afford proper training. Hell, I haven't fired an M-16 in 4 years because it's to costly to keep people qualified unless their deploying to Iraq of Afghan. And this is just the Air Force.
They keep making our budget smaller and smaller each year, and are demanding we do more and more. If we don't have the funds to do the training, we don't train. We don't train, we're not prepared. It's that simple.