July 24, 2009
Obama military spending has a very familiar tone.
As previously noted at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Barack Obama stated that he strongly supported expansion of ground forces by 65,000 soldiers (Army) and 27,000 (Marines). This comes when obama military spending is considered a “hot potato” among blacks and others.
At that time Obama had competitors who also wanted to see increases in the military by putting “boots on the ground” around the world.
Coincidentally that is the same number that Defense Secretary Robert Gates (under President Bush’s regime) wanted to add to military numbers at the time.
Talk is cheap until you become the one who makes the tough decisions, then it becomes personal. President Obama has some extremely important items on his platter, lets hope he makes the right decisions.