Choking?

Defense News raises the question as to whether Obama will follow through on his VFW speech last month when he promised an end to "the special interests and their exotic projects that are years behind schedule and billions over budget." They don't think so.

The article is a list of chicanery effected by the Congress with regards to defense appropriations. Here are a couple of mind-blowers. Yes, they cut money for the F-22 for our air force, but they approved spending money to modify the plane for foreign sales. They keep adding to the supply of C-17s although the Air Force says it has enough. The most sinful aspect of the whole affair is how they intend to pay for many of these toys - by raiding the Pentagon's Operation and Maintenance account, which is how the Pentagon pays for little things such as training, spare parts, weapon maintenance and all the other things needed most to support troops at war.

Okay, one can justly decry the incompetence and greed of the Congress, but the really disheartening aspect of the whole thing is that it sounds that Obama and company will go along with the bandits.

Change you can believe in??