re: #1017 DistantThunder

Do you think he would have won had he campaigned on drastically cutting defense spending? Of course not.

He’s a leftist radical and so NOW he shows his hand.

To be fair, Gates talked about knowing cuts were coming from 9-11 levels for a long time.

“Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned two congressional defense committees that “one thing we have known for many months is that the spigot of defense spending that opened on 9/11 is closing.”

(From the link)