Yeah just wait till Iran is bombed, then ``we have to cancel all that or the terrorists win``.

No way this gets approved. It's over 10 years. Please. A hell lot of things are gonna happen in the next 10 years.

Originally posted by YouAreLiedTo

It's about damned time.

Now granted, this won't ever get approved...

But it's nice to know that it is being talked about.

People, call your local and state reps. Tell them how you feel about this.

Let them know that a decade of war is enough. Time to reign in the war machine and focus on DEFENSE... not aggression...

Okay...now you have to realize that the way they are spinning this is actually just smoke and mirrors. They are not actually promising to spend less money than they are today...they are only promising to spend less than they previously said they would.

Panetta announced that the administration will request a 2013 budget of $525 billion, plus another $88 billion for operations in Afghanistan. Combined, those totals are about $33 billion less than the Pentagon is spending this year. Panetta said, however, that the Pentagon's base budget will grow to $567 billion in 2017. At that point, the cumulative budgets over five years would be $259 billion less than had been planned before the administration struck a deficit-cutting deal with Congress last summer that requires projected defense spending to be reduced by $487 billion by 2022.

This is their version of decreased spending. Over five years they will actually spend $210 billion more...but they call it a spending cut because it is $259 billion less than they previously said they would spend.

Does anybody still wonder why the U.S. deficit continues to spiral out of control?

Completely separate to "operational" or "emergency" budgets, which is what costs the money. This is completely the wrong approach. Give less to veterans and those serving, close bases (make country even weaker), cut more soldiers' jobs (just add to unemployment).

The savings from sacking a few soldiers is nothing compared to buying a continuous supply of missiles to fire from drones and such like, for example. This is exactly what Ron Paul was trying to explain in one of the recent debates. This plan is the worst of both worlds.