Obama's Defense Secretary warns that defense cuts could lead to attacks on the United States

[Cali_Democrat]

Panetta Plays Last Card, Warns Defense Cuts Could Lead to Attack on the U.S.
Updated: November 10, 2011 | 8:08 p.m.
By Yochi J. Dreazen

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been steadily escalating his warnings about the impact of the deep cuts facing the Pentagon if the congressional super committee fails to reach a deal. On Thursday, he played the last – and strongest -- card in his deck, arguing that the hundreds of billions of dollars of mandatory cuts would directly imperil U.S. national security.

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Lawmakers, Panetta said, needed to understand that U.S. troops “are willing to put their lives on the line to sacrifice for this country; you sure as hell can sacrifice to provide a little leadership to get the solution we need in order to solve this problem.”

He went even further on Thursday, using arguably the strongest rhetorical weapon in his arsenal. Mandatory defense cuts, he warned, would weaken the armed forces to the point that enemies would be emboldened to attack the U.S.

“In effect, it invites aggression," Panetta said during the new conference, just his second since taking office in July.

Read more: http://nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/panetta-plays-last-card-warns-defense-cuts-could-lead-to-attack-on-the-u-s--20111110

There's only one thing you can say about this fear-mongering garbage:

BULLSHIT!!!!