Senator Talent Suggests It's All Clinton's Fault

I knew it would happen but this is the first time I've heard it said. The Missouri Republican never mentioned Clinton's name but talked about cuts in the military made "all through the nineties."

Man, these guys like to reach, don't they?

The Clinton administration had to fight them to get pay increases and to re-direct funds.

for phasing out in following years.

Would Mr. Talent like to address that point?

I left the Air Force with an honorable discharge back in '91... after only 3 years of my original 4-year enlistment. How did I get out so early? I raised my hand!! Bush Sr., Inc. was so hell bent on cutting the military that they were literally asking for people to leave early.

suddenly their cozy little job wasn't a sure thing anymore. Unfortuneately the single best soldier (and one of the best people I have ever met) was in danger of getting the axe because of a DUI he had gotten 10 years prior while the biggest piece of crap I have ever met (he purposely did NOTHING so as not to chance getting in trouble) was almost assured to make it to retirement.

Sen.Talent should look into when all of the technological changes occurred. Our Bradleys didn't have the computer screens in them telling friend and foe (less friendly fire incidents) and the bombs which were 30% accurate in Gulf1 were 70% accurate in Bosnia/Kosovo and 80-90% accurate in W's war thus saving at least a few more civilian lives. Talent show get his head out of his arse and read up on THAT.

Much better for GOP purposes to ignore that inconvenient fact. Of course, by not mentioning names, he could even claim he was being critical of the actions of Poppy Bush and Cheney as well as those of Clinton.

in the world?" That's what they were saying right after the 'shock and awe' of the invasion?

It tastes great AND is less filling!

Now, who could that be?

just cancelled out Talent..."Partisan sniping from the other side" said Nelson....Cheers to him.

.. you just can't get these right-wing fanatics off of this one. And for the record, seems to me like this is the most over-budgeted war we've ever fought. At least it's the most expensive.

what took them so long? :shrug:

a C-Span caller said it was all Clinton's fault because of don't as don't tell.

and accused him of being personally responsible for making his wife's CIA status public. It wasn't Rove, it wasn't Scooter Libby, it was Joseph Wilson himself. What a plot twist! (What did she lace her coffee with?)

during his "immoral" presidency and because of his influence they are morally bankrupt and carried out torture(actual CSpan caller's claim).

It's got to take training to sound that stupid.

to train MPs in the proper use of broomhandles and dog leashes.

Can't blame Clinton.

That is how I would respond to that fuckwit Talent.

I am beginning to think that most Americans make more of an effort to be prepared to go on a camping trip then the Bush administration makes to go to war. Bush and the hawks in his administration should have known whether or not the U.S. military was prepared before deciding to invade a second nation.

Talent is also responsible for this mess in Iraq. If he really believed that the military was weakened too much by spending cuts during the 1990s, he should have spoken out against the war before the war started.

As far as I can tell, privatization is costing us financially as well as diplomatically.