Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Holy Crap...

...I agree with Barney Frank:

“I do not think we should be spending money to have troops in Germany 65 years after World War II. We have a terrible deficit and we have to cut back,” said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, who is spearheading a House effort to cut defense spending. “NATO was a wonderful concept. But 61 years later, I think it’s time to say our western European allies should be on their own. We’ll cooperate with them, but we shouldn’t be subsidizing their defense.”

I have different reasons than Barney, though, probably. I'd pull out the troops because I'm an isolationist, a philosophy which I doubt Barney shares.

3 comments:

Rev. Paul said...

"...we have to cut back." Duh, really? I have to laugh at a DC politician talking about cutbacks. Like that's gonna happen.

Bob said...

@Rev. Paul: well, Democrats are always willing cut military spending.

Borepatch said...

Cats and Dogs, living together!