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2016 Postmortem

speaktruthtopower

(800 posts) Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:10 PM Feb 2016

Ever Notice how Defense is Sancrosanct?

Not even Bernie talks about cutting things like the F-35 project.

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Ever Notice how Defense is Sancrosanct? (Original Post) speaktruthtopower Feb 2016 OP

Eisenhower had something to say about this, didn't he? NRaleighLiberal Feb 2016 #1

Hillary won't touch it RobertEarl Feb 2016 #2

To be fair, that does infuriate me about him. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #3

This guy's warning was not heeded... PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #4

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)

1. Eisenhower had something to say about this, didn't he?

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:12 PM

Feb 2016

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

2. Hillary won't touch it

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:12 PM

Feb 2016

Bernie has stated that he will cut the DoD budget.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)

3. To be fair, that does infuriate me about him.

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:14 PM

Feb 2016

The F-35's a waste of money, and if the sheer amount of fraud and waste in the military were properly investigated, we'd be able to chop spending at LEAST in half where the DoD's concerned.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. This guy's warning was not heeded...

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:20 PM

Feb 2016

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