Lies about military budget cuts

[thewayne]

Basically Panetta is overstating everything in order to protect his budget. It's kind of amusing: we've been down-sizing the military for ages through more efficient systems, so it's already small(ish). Lots of hype, little substance.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/defense-cut-paranoia/?pid=950&viewall=true

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[silveradept]

And the military-industrial complex rolls on - give us more than we need or could ever want, just because we don't want to be seen as weak.