Cycloptichorn wrote:woiyo wrote:eoe wrote:Phoenix32890 wrote:eoe wrote:But the rub, Phoenix, is that you see the piece as a negative while I, and other Obama supporters, see it as a positive. You or anyone who seriously thinks that his desire, as president, is to weaken our military and our defense to a point where we cannot defend ourselves, is deluding themselves and searching desperately, DESPERATELY, for reasons, ANY reason, even something as lame as this, to use against him.
Hey, one man's meat is another man's poison. You don't
seem to think that weakening our defense positions as serious. I do. There is nothing more to be said. History will either prove me out, or show that I am talking through my hat. I just don't want to be around when the axe falls.
But he's not "weakening" our defense positions. He's talking in terms of trimming the excess fat. And surely you know about the excess fat? We've got the arsenal to blow up the world 100 times over. Do we need the ability to blow it up 150 times over? 200 times over? 300?
I for one would rather see hungry children get at least one decent meal a day. I'd rather see our veterans taken care of with dignity and respect. I'd rather see the infrastructures of our decaying cities built up. I'd rather see art programs and music programs back in the schools.
Forgive me, these are just off the top of my head...
He is advocating weakening our defense positions, immediate pullout in Iraq, selling out American interests to 3rd world nations (He will speak to anyone at anytime and apologize for everything). How you equate that to transferring costs to other areas is, well...naive.
He's not advocating weakening our defensive position in the slightest; OR immediately pulling out of Iraq. You're just making **** up.
And yes, he will speak to foreign leaders. Why not? The whole 'ooh, it gives them prestige' argument is BS. These guys already have a lock on their own country, what the hell is more prestige going to do for them? Put them even MORE in charge? Doesn't make sense.
You can't call other people Naive when you are making stuff up, man.
Cycloptichorn
From his web site.
Bringing Our Troops Home
Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda.
Press Iraq's Leaders to Reconcile
Secure Loose Nuclear Materials from Terrorists: Obama will secure all loose nuclear materials in the world within four years. While we work to secure existing stockpiles of nuclear material, Obama will negotiate a verifiable global ban on the production of new nuclear weapons material. This will deny terrorists the ability to steal or buy loose nuclear materials.
(Editorial - How will he do this?)
Reverse Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy: Obama will protect tax cuts for poor and middle class families, but he will reverse most of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest taxpayers.
(Editorial - He classifies anyone making 75K or more rich)