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Senator Jon Tester, Montana Democrat, says if Congress is serious about balancing the federal budget, it should review the plethora of U.S. overseas military operations.
Tester has written Secretary of Defense Robert Gates urging him to close down some of the more than 1,000 (one thousand!) U.S. military installations on foreign soil, including 268 in Germany, 124 in Japan and 87 in South Korea.
“Approximately 370,000 U.S. servicemen and women are currently deployed in more than 150 countries around the world,” Tester said.
“We need a responsible, long-term bipartisan strategy for cutting debt and cutting spending,” he said. “That plan should include making Medicare and Social Security stronger for future generations. It should include fair tax reform. And it should include spending cuts – including cuts to defense spending where we can afford them.”
Where we can afford them! Can we afford year after year maintaining 370,000 military personnel at more than a thousand installations abroad?
- Will Parry
Eisenhower's worst fears about the military-industrial complex came true. We invent enemies so that someone...almost anyone... buys the bombs even though there exists no serious threat. As long as Big Defense exists, glory-hungry politicians will use it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/16/eisenhower-fears-invent-enemies-buy-bombs
Jon Tester is a socialist and therefore bad news for business, his Obamacare program and other toxic programs are killing small businesses because they are pure socialism at their core. If you want to see a hilarious image of Jon Tester, check this one out:
ReplyDeletehttp://identitynoise.com/blog/?p=755
Best one I've seen all year.