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When Obama is making cuts to the budget why isn't he making cuts to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Surely all the money paid to fund these wars is astronomical. They have not been cut but the community watch programs in your city or town have been. Why is that? Is America's freedom based more on what happens overseas than what is going on right in America?
9 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The President does not know what to do about Iraq nor how to end it and deal with the labor pool of returning soldiers during this economic crisis. In Afghanistan he has been convinced he should stick it out there by everyone in the pentagon community. He expects the Afghan policy to help him be re-elected.
- 1 decade ago
Former President Bush has put Obama in a position thet he is "damned if you do, damned if you dont". If he makes any kind of cuts to the wars in the middle east, there will be a major backlash from the military, GOP, U.S., and his fellow democrat colleauges. The republican party is, unfortunately, on the verge of becoming the stronghold will keep Bush's policies when they have no regard for the lower class, and programs to benefit the lower class and the working poor.
Source(s): I call it as I see it - KenLv 71 decade ago
He did end that stupid, unjustifiable war in Iran. There's an agreement in place to get everyone home by the end of the year. No such luck in Afghanistan and I'm not sure why we're still there. The only thing that occurs to me is that the weapons manufacturers have a huge influence in the lobbying arena.
We should get out.
- Chewy Ivan 2Lv 71 decade ago
Abandoning our efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq would make all the money and lives we already spent their worthless. Besides, Obama doesn't want to give the GOP an excuse to criticize him for being weak on the military. The GOP doesn't need any help to find excuses to criticize Obama.
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- OreoLv 71 decade ago
That's what I been saying for years since those 2 unnecessary wars alone are costing we taxpayers 30 Billion a MONTH.
- ellisdeeLv 71 decade ago
Whadda ya mean making cuts, he ain't making no cuts...he wants to trim 1 trillion off the deficit over 10 years when he's gonna incur 1.65 trillion more debt in just this year alone...
- bi-polar-iticalLv 61 decade ago
1 trillion over ten years.it is a world community now, we are no longer sepreated by oceans and snail mail. this is what people wanted so here we are.
