http://defensetech.org/2009/01/07/gates-supplemental-plea/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Sat, 26 May 2012 02:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2009/01/07/gates-supplemental-plea/#comment-95710 pfcem Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:21:46 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4270#comment-95710 William A. Peterson, The deficit did not get this high on defense spending. William A. Peterson,
The deficit did not get this high on defense spending.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/01/07/gates-supplemental-plea/#comment-95709 William A. Peterson Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:13:41 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4270#comment-95709 Sven, OF COURSE it should be funded by the Secretary of State's budget... But, no one would vote for that! So, instead, it gets lumped in with a huge supplemental, and anyone who dares to vote against it is opposed to "funding our troops"! How do you think the deficit got this high in the first place? Sven, OF COURSE it should be funded by the Secretary of State’s budget…
But, no one would vote for that!
So, instead, it gets lumped in with a huge supplemental, and anyone who dares to vote against it is opposed to “funding our troops”!
How do you think the deficit got this high in the first place?

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/01/07/gates-supplemental-plea/#comment-95708 bobbymike Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4270#comment-95708 Add $1 trillion to the defense budget build new nukes, missiles and bombers. Turn the Middle East into a parking lot. Save trillions on defense in the future, simple. Add $1 trillion to the defense budget build new nukes, missiles and bombers. Turn the Middle East into a parking lot. Save trillions on defense in the future, simple.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/01/07/gates-supplemental-plea/#comment-95706 Drake Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:20:57 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4270#comment-95706 After hearing that the Obama administrations expects us to be running trillion dollar deficits for years (don't quote me on that)and this, I'm thinking that the only way to provide adequate military spending, and also fund Obama initiatives without going further into the red on the books is continue to do this. After hearing that the Obama administrations expects us to be running trillion dollar deficits for years (don’t quote me on that)and this, I’m thinking that the only way to provide adequate military spending, and also fund Obama initiatives without going further into the red on the books is continue to do this.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/01/07/gates-supplemental-plea/#comment-95704 Sven Ortmann Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:06:24 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4270#comment-95704 Most of that doesn't look like it needs to be funded before the next normal budget. "$1.4 billion to reimburse Pakistan, Jordan and Most of that doesn’t look like it needs to be funded before the next normal budget.
”$1.4 billion to reimburse Pakistan, Jordan and

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