Fox News: Rising Threats - Shrinking Military

[cptlo]

I highly recommend everyone watching this. It was on last night and is on again tonight at 9PM.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/speci...s-reporting-rising-threats-shrinking-military

It covers many of Obama's decisions related to the military since he came into office. Most will make your blood boil.

 

[lotstodo]

There are prudent cuts to be made, but that doesn't mean that Obama's choices were prudent.

 

[Boss 302]

One thing to look at is how much are we currently spending on defense for contractor work that could actually be done by our military. There are a lot of civilian positions in the military that were once occupied by military personnel. When we go to war, we depend even more heavily on contractors driving defense spending higher. Here's an example: during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army hired defense contract companies to provide cooks in those countries who were paid nearly six-figure incomes.

When I went to basic training, trainees had to rotate for KP (clean up after meals). Today, civilians do that. Why not reduce spending by having trainees return to KP?