Obama Requested $40 Billion in Additional “Defense” Spending for 2010
February 3rd, 2009Making the world safe for Hopenosis?
Via: Salon:
Obama’s 2010 fiscal year budget calls for $527 billion in defense spending (not including the costs of Iraq and Afghanistan). That is more than the U.S. allocated for defense in 2009 and equals what the Bush administration budgeted for 2010:
The Obama administration has given the Pentagon a $527 billion limit, excluding war costs, for its fiscal 2010 defense budget, an official with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget said Monday.
If enacted, that would be an 8 percent increase from the $487.7 billion allocated for fiscal 2009, and it would match what the Bush administration estimated last year for the Pentagon in fiscal 2010.
What’s beautiful about the article is that, despite pointing out the astonishing US record of military spending, bombing, and invasion, it never criticizes said record. The article’s sole purpose seems to be to defend Obama — “He is TOO a real man!” Again, another great example of how far the “center” has moved to the right. Pretty soon, it’s easy to imagine, the idea of peace will become repugnant, and the idea of perpetual war will be a comfort. Assuming we’re not there already.