The Iraq War pulled the USA into a death spiral. It can't be repeated again. We have witnessed yet another Bush praising his brother for his decisions regarding the invasion due to 'faulty' intelligence. That is bullshit. There was on the ground intelligence from the UN. Just that simple.
Bring everyone home. The US Navy has a base in Italy for defense of NATO.
May 14, 2015
By Emmarie Heutteman and Ashley Parker
WASHINGTON — Key Democrats on Thursday (click here) said they opposed Republican efforts to circumvent broad, congressionally mandated cuts in military spending as lawmakers considered the annual Pentagon budget.
Bring everyone home. The US Navy has a base in Italy for defense of NATO.
May 14, 2015
By Emmarie Heutteman and Ashley Parker
WASHINGTON — Key Democrats on Thursday (click here) said they opposed Republican efforts to circumvent broad, congressionally mandated cuts in military spending as lawmakers considered the annual Pentagon budget.
As
the House began voting on amendments to the National Defense
Authorization Act, members debated whether to dedicate about $39 billion
to go into a fund insulated from the across-the-board spending cuts
known as sequestration, which took effect in 2013. That fund, the
Overseas Contingency Operations account, is intended to be used for
emergency military operations.
Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader, said Republicans were willing to let nonmilitary spending bear the brunt of the cuts....
