“ATLANTA (Reuters) – Shares of major U.S. defense contractors rose on Monday after the Obama administration unveiled a defense budget for fiscal 2011 that seeks a 3.4 percent increase in the Pentagon’s base budget and $159 million to fund missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.” ~ Reuters
The “anti-war Obama” is yet again increasing our military budget? I suppose he has no choice if he’s going to engage in nation building in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, and probably Darfur. As we already noted here at CHT, Obama is in many respects “Bush on steroids,” but don’t hold your breath for any denunciations by the MSM.
Regardless, given that Obama’s first term will probably prove to be a complete disaster, much like Bush’s eight years, it’s unsurprising that people are now speculating Obama will not seek a second term, something I predicted months ago (in private conversations). He’s unqualified for the job and, at the end of the day, probably would prefer to jive Oprah about how interesting his life is than pretend to govern.
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Dale Clark on 10 Feb 2010 at 7:16 pm #
Wow, what a revolutionary idea, Obama retiring after his first term. Hell, the Democratic Party is going to retire him after one term as well. I am also as sure that if he does run in 2012 he will loose big time. It is interesting that some people use what is a obvious outcome to declare that they have predicted it, wow, everyone already knows the outcome of 2012 if the Republicans put forth a viable candidate. The problem lies in the fact that this Rep. 2012 candidate will most likely be just another slimy country destroying, paying back his big money folks on Wall Street instead of taking the bite in his teeth to honestly run the country as it needs. A strong hand is needed rather than a limp wrist ed demagogue that gives out hard earned tax dollars away to Wall Street and China in the form of debt.
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