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The Northerner

(5,040 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 04:37 PM Jan 2012

Defence Drawdown: Obama's new roadmap no step to pacifism



The world's biggest military is about to get smaller - with President Obama announcing the biggest strategy review in years, to try and make the U.S. army leaner and cheaper. It includes changing from large ground wars, to what he says will be an expanded agile force across Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East. Brian Becker from the anti-war ANSWER coalition believes the new plan will indeed slow down Pentagon budget growth, but won't spare others the misery of continuing conflict.
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Defence Drawdown: Obama's new roadmap no step to pacifism (Original Post) The Northerner Jan 2012 OP
Yep, that is why we out of Iraq and leaving them to deal with their own problems. tabatha Jan 2012 #1
pretty much, all for other wars and corporate profiteering nt msongs Jan 2012 #2
I forgot to add the sarcasm emoticon. tabatha Jan 2012 #3

tabatha

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1. Yep, that is why we out of Iraq and leaving them to deal with their own problems.
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 05:24 PM
Jan 2012

And why we are hastening to get out of Afghanistan.

All for more war.

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