When You See How Many Soldiers Are About to Be Laid Off, the President’s Priorities Are Much Clearer

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President Obama’s systematic weakening of our armed forces is continuing. The Army, according to the Associated Press, has announced it is laying off 500 majors, including some who are currently stationed in Afghanistan.
This news comes after last month’s layoff of 1,200 Army captains and is blamed on “budget cuts.”

The Army has close to 514,000 soldiers now, but will have to be down to 510,000 by October, shrink to 490,000 by October 2015 and be down to 450,000 by 2019. In addition, if Congress doesn’t act to prevent automatic budget cuts from resuming, the Army may eventually have to get down to 420,000 — a size that that leaders say may not allow them to wage even one major, prolonged military campaign.

The Army tried to avoid some cuts by slowing enlistments and using attrition and some voluntary separations. It also has been combing through files looking for soldiers with disciplinary or other problems in their annual evaluations to weed out lower-performing officers first, officials said.
We see the President’s priorities reflected in budget spending. The safety of Americans at home and abroad is clearly not at the top of the list.

During Obama’s time in office, welfare spending is up over 30% during Obama’s presidency, and the administration is asking for billions of dollars to deal with illegal immigrants rather than enforcing existing laws.

With so much instability around the world (Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Gaza, to name a few) and a feeling of increased anti-American sentiment, is it really smart to be targeting the military for budget cuts?

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