From Salon:
"The chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, Chen Bingde, told reporters he thought the U.S. should cut back on defense spending for the sake of its taxpayers."
Moreover:
"he said. . . . 'China’s military budget of $95 billion this year is the world’s second-highest after Washington’s planned $650 billion in defense spending."
This appears to be the big fat, sloppy elephant in the room everyone seems to be working around. Military spending is out of control. We are engaged in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one humanitarian invention in Libya and three covert operations in Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan. Meanwhile, our leadership is slashing the financial security of average citizens and pondering the idea of to raise - or not to raise - the debt ceiling.
Much has been raised about President Obama finally calling the bluff of Eric Cantor and the rest of the Rethugs over the debt ceiling but where was all this nut-grabbing when he conceded to $600 million in domestic cuts while the Defense budget is largely exempt from this same level of austerity?
"The chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, Chen Bingde, told reporters he thought the U.S. should cut back on defense spending for the sake of its taxpayers."
Moreover:
"he said. . . . 'China’s military budget of $95 billion this year is the world’s second-highest after Washington’s planned $650 billion in defense spending."
This appears to be the big fat, sloppy elephant in the room everyone seems to be working around. Military spending is out of control. We are engaged in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one humanitarian invention in Libya and three covert operations in Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan. Meanwhile, our leadership is slashing the financial security of average citizens and pondering the idea of to raise - or not to raise - the debt ceiling.
Much has been raised about President Obama finally calling the bluff of Eric Cantor and the rest of the Rethugs over the debt ceiling but where was all this nut-grabbing when he conceded to $600 million in domestic cuts while the Defense budget is largely exempt from this same level of austerity?
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