"What Cheney sees as ‘absolutely dangerous’"

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What Cheney sees as ‘absolutely dangerous’

By Steve Benen at msnbc

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/what-cheney-sees-absolutely-dangerous

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It fell to the Obama administration to clean up the messes Bush/Cheney left behind, ending the wars, getting the nation’s finances in order, and transitioning the Defense Department to a post-war posture.



For Cheney, who keeps talking despite his profound lack of credibility on the subject, this transition is “dangerous” and “devastating.” What he doesn’t realize – or chooses to ignore because the facts are ideologically unsatisfying – is that the cuts the Obama administration spelled out yesterday still means higher defense spending than the levels required by the sequestration policy demanded by congressional Republicans in 2011. (Under the Obama administration’s plan, the U.S. will still spend more on the military than most of the leading world powers combined.)



As Rachel put it on the show last night, “This got headlined today as the Pentagon proposing ‘huge new cuts to the military.’ What actually happened today is the Pentagon fighting Congress so they don’t get cut so much.”



As for Cheney’s crack about food stamps, I’d just note that (a) using federal resources to feed poor families instead of preparing for yet another war isn’t a ridiculous position; and (b) a whole lot of the troops Bush/Cheney sent to war rely on those food stamps to put food on the table




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[Downwinder]

1. Cheney saw OEO and CAP as dangerous. His fears might

explain his heart problems.