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To: KLP who wrote (306304)	5/22/2009 2:09:25 AM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793670

"I don't know how any soldier today under Obama can feel safe doing his job." I agree, although I've felt that way for a long time now, not just since The One. ARS

To: KLP who wrote (306304)	5/22/2009 6:59:17 AM
From: unclewest	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793670

Do the soldiers have to get WH permission to fire a bullet? I do not worry about our soldiers performing at that level. The quality (or lack thereof) of their leadership is my concern...both at senior military and especially at national political levels. The smartest men I know have been warning for a long time that we are breaking our army. The Obama led expansion into Afghanistan is more of the same. He has to know he is expanding an unwinnable war (unwinnable in any time frame shorter than 25 years). In my mind O's goal can only be a weak army and a strong, central government controlled, civilian defense force. In his words and actions, he made that quite clear. Americans have heard complaints for years about wasteful military spending. In just, four months Obama has shown us that was chump change compared to his spending levels. Nearly $2 Trillion has been allocated for TARP and bailout. It is being used to nationalize our banks and many key corporations. The worst is we don't have the money and no hope of ever having the money. At national level, our glide slope is down. Some states are on that same glide slope, and they don't have a printing press to bail themselves out with.