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		<title>By: hiernonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITED TO ADD:  I should have kept reading before commenting.  
A Z ninja&#039;d me, but good.


&quot; We defeated the British Empire when they were more powerful than we were.&quot;

Sort of.  We managed to stay in the field, which was no small accomplishment, until the second greatest empire decided to lend a hand and bail us out.  

It&#039;s amazing how many Americans believe that we defeated the British Empire single-handed.  We were able to defeat Britain&#039;s expeditionary force because the French provided us arms and supplies, provided troops, and, perhaps most importantly, sent a fleet powerful enough to challenge Britain&#039;s command of the sea. 

&quot;When has any country came to our side?&quot;

There was a &lt;i&gt;reason&lt;/i&gt; that Pershing, on arriving in France with the AEF, said &quot;Lafayette, we are here!&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EDITED TO ADD:  I should have kept reading before commenting.<br />
A Z ninja&#8217;d me, but good.</p>
<p>&#8221; We defeated the British Empire when they were more powerful than we were.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sort of.  We managed to stay in the field, which was no small accomplishment, until the second greatest empire decided to lend a hand and bail us out.  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s amazing how many Americans believe that we defeated the British Empire single-handed.  We were able to defeat Britain&#8217;s expeditionary force because the French provided us arms and supplies, provided troops, and, perhaps most importantly, sent a fleet powerful enough to challenge Britain&#8217;s command of the sea. </p>
<p>&#8220;When has any country came to our side?&#8221;</p>
<p>There was a <i>reason</i> that Pershing, on arriving in France with the AEF, said &#8220;Lafayette, we are here!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: hiernonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Chris Gait</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Gait]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m with you to a degree. But I favor a very strong, highly techno military capable of stand off warfare. I don&#039;t want to see any more &#039;boots on the ground&#039;. I want to see the enemy&#039;s ground turned in to a parking lot from orbiting stations and subs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m with you to a degree. But I favor a very strong, highly techno military capable of stand off warfare. I don&#8217;t want to see any more &#8216;boots on the ground&#8217;. I want to see the enemy&#8217;s ground turned in to a parking lot from orbiting stations and subs.</p>
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		<title>By: No RNC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[No RNC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would we fight a ground war w/ China? Or in Eastern Europe or even again in the ME? Stop the GD interventions w/ no clue!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would we fight a ground war w/ China? Or in Eastern Europe or even again in the ME? Stop the GD interventions w/ no clue!</p>
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		<title>By: Merican</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please don&#039;t be hysterical! The GD Pentagon Princes waste/steal trillions of Tax$&#039;s &amp; yet can&#039;t finish off the mighty Tallybon??? The GD Intell Services steal/waste billions on budget &amp; trillions of Tax/Drug $&#039;s on Black Budgets &amp; could not pre-capture the alleged Chechen Boston Bombers or Coke Snortin&#039; 767 drivers on 911??? The GD DOD/Intell needs an extreme make-over as does all entitlements!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please don&#8217;t be hysterical! The GD Pentagon Princes waste/steal trillions of Tax$&#8217;s &amp; yet can&#8217;t finish off the mighty Tallybon??? The GD Intell Services steal/waste billions on budget &amp; trillions of Tax/Drug $&#8217;s on Black Budgets &amp; could not pre-capture the alleged Chechen Boston Bombers or Coke Snortin&#8217; 767 drivers on 911??? The GD DOD/Intell needs an extreme make-over as does all entitlements!</p>
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		<title>By: hiernonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;You opined the other day that Obama&#039;s foreign policy was &quot;competent.&quot; At what?&quot;

At making generally judicious and reasoned responses to foreign policy challenges.  

I think he&#039;s done a reasonable job of threading the needle in Egypt.  His handling of the Libya crisis was pretty good - he managed to shift a significant portion of the combat duties to our allies, avoiding yet another extended ground entanglement for our troops.  He&#039;s been properly skeptical of both sides in the Syrian civil war.  I think his &quot;red line&quot; rhetoric could have been handled better, but overall, I think he&#039;s kept us where we need to be on Syria.  I think that Obama&#039;s recognition that the Pacific requires more foreign policy focus represents a long-overdue change in direction.

His handling of the wars was okay.  He got us out of Iraq as promised, and that was about as gracefully as we were ever going to extract ourselves from that fiasco.  His initial approach to Afghanistan impressed me; rather than be steamrolled by those with a dog in the fight, he forced DoD to undertake a careful review with him, and he had the stones to undertake a surge that imposed sufficient order to set conditions for either a withdrawal or a continuation.  We&#039;ve opted for withdrawal, and I think that&#039;s a good call.  The real U.S. interest in Afghanistan ended in about December 2001 (well, a bit of hyperbole, but only a bit), and he put an end to a decade-long policy of half measures.  

As I noted previously, I don&#039;t think Obama has been inspirational or awe-inspiring, but he&#039;s been competent.  I have my complaints as well, but overall, I think he&#039;s been satisfactory.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;You opined the other day that Obama&#8217;s foreign policy was &#8220;competent.&#8221; At what?&#8221;</p>
<p>At making generally judicious and reasoned responses to foreign policy challenges.  </p>
<p>I think he&#8217;s done a reasonable job of threading the needle in Egypt.  His handling of the Libya crisis was pretty good &#8211; he managed to shift a significant portion of the combat duties to our allies, avoiding yet another extended ground entanglement for our troops.  He&#8217;s been properly skeptical of both sides in the Syrian civil war.  I think his &#8220;red line&#8221; rhetoric could have been handled better, but overall, I think he&#8217;s kept us where we need to be on Syria.  I think that Obama&#8217;s recognition that the Pacific requires more foreign policy focus represents a long-overdue change in direction.</p>
<p>His handling of the wars was okay.  He got us out of Iraq as promised, and that was about as gracefully as we were ever going to extract ourselves from that fiasco.  His initial approach to Afghanistan impressed me; rather than be steamrolled by those with a dog in the fight, he forced DoD to undertake a careful review with him, and he had the stones to undertake a surge that imposed sufficient order to set conditions for either a withdrawal or a continuation.  We&#8217;ve opted for withdrawal, and I think that&#8217;s a good call.  The real U.S. interest in Afghanistan ended in about December 2001 (well, a bit of hyperbole, but only a bit), and he put an end to a decade-long policy of half measures.  </p>
<p>As I noted previously, I don&#8217;t think Obama has been inspirational or awe-inspiring, but he&#8217;s been competent.  I have my complaints as well, but overall, I think he&#8217;s been satisfactory.</p>
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		<title>By: hiernonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;The A-10 has proven its detractors wrong, decisively.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That&#039;s an odd conclusion.  Its &#039;detractors&#039; never suggested that it was anything but excellent at its role.  The argument for its retirement was never rooted in any alleged shortcomings in its tactical performance, but in its inability to perform other roles.  The argument was generally that scarce resources were better invested in multi-role aircraft that could perform other functions when ground support wasn&#039;t needed.

In short, no amount of superb performance by the A-10 decisively proves that those who wish to retire it wrong.  I&#039;d argue that it &lt;i&gt;does&lt;/i&gt; raise the bar in how well we should demand that any multi-role replacement perform, but that&#039;s another matter.  Quite plainly, one might disagree with a recommendation to retire the Thunderbolt, but it&#039;s equally plain that such a recommendation is hardly &lt;i&gt;insane.&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;The economy was humming along a lot better than it is now until the Left
 managed to destroy it with their sub-prime scheme. After they forced banks to offer sub-prime loans and forced the economy to crash...&lt;/blockquote&gt;
 
That&#039;s a curious viewpoint.  The mainstream conclusion has been that deregulation led to the securitization of mortgages putting a premium on volume over risk evaluation at the originator level.  Put more simply, mortgage originators were able to bundle and sell their mortgages easily.   Their association with any risk ended at the point of sale.  This meant that there was little incentive for originators to perform due diligence in ensuring that the mortgages could be repaid, and there was very high incentive to drive up volume, as that was where the profit was.

If you&#039;re looking for the single most significant element in the crisis, I&#039;d suggest that you look at the deregulation that permitted loan originators to divorce themselves from the risk of default.  When the entity charged with evaluating the ability of an individual to repay the loan could expect to shift the consequences of such a default to another party, there was no compelling reason to deny any loan.  Such a transfer of risk was not possible when Glass-Steagall was fully in effect.

Actual examination of mortgage data demonstrate that not only were CRA loans a small fraction of the total - but that the CRA loans outperformed the other subprime loans.  In other words, as so often, you&#039;ve latched on to an ideologically charged narrative that isn&#039;t supported by the data.  Claims by the likes of Paul that pressure by the CRA to provide loans to bad risks simply isn&#039;t borne out by the data.

I recommend you have a look through &lt;a href=&quot;http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1924831&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this report&lt;/a&gt; so that you can better understand the factors that actually contributed to the sub-prime crisis.    The Angelides Commission report reaches much the same conclusion, but you might consider that too politically charged, and Mr. Simkovic did an admirable job of actually digging up the data and seeing how well the various narratives were supported.

&lt;blockquote&gt;The economic problems that existed before Obama began his coup where 
directly attributable to entitlement spending. Obama has simply 
accelerated entitlement spending in any way possible, and the debt and 
deficit are irrefutable proof.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That sounds like a promising summary of an argument.  I&#039;ll read it with interest, should you care to make the argument itself.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Apparently you are too poorly informed to understand what is happening, 
or you are a Leftist yourself. Either way, you&#039;re wrong, yet again.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I suppose the obvious question is - &lt;i&gt;how would you know?&lt;/i&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The A-10 has proven its detractors wrong, decisively.</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s an odd conclusion.  Its &#8216;detractors&#8217; never suggested that it was anything but excellent at its role.  The argument for its retirement was never rooted in any alleged shortcomings in its tactical performance, but in its inability to perform other roles.  The argument was generally that scarce resources were better invested in multi-role aircraft that could perform other functions when ground support wasn&#8217;t needed.</p>
<p>In short, no amount of superb performance by the A-10 decisively proves that those who wish to retire it wrong.  I&#8217;d argue that it <i>does</i> raise the bar in how well we should demand that any multi-role replacement perform, but that&#8217;s another matter.  Quite plainly, one might disagree with a recommendation to retire the Thunderbolt, but it&#8217;s equally plain that such a recommendation is hardly <i>insane.</i></p>
<blockquote><p>The economy was humming along a lot better than it is now until the Left<br />
 managed to destroy it with their sub-prime scheme. After they forced banks to offer sub-prime loans and forced the economy to crash&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s a curious viewpoint.  The mainstream conclusion has been that deregulation led to the securitization of mortgages putting a premium on volume over risk evaluation at the originator level.  Put more simply, mortgage originators were able to bundle and sell their mortgages easily.   Their association with any risk ended at the point of sale.  This meant that there was little incentive for originators to perform due diligence in ensuring that the mortgages could be repaid, and there was very high incentive to drive up volume, as that was where the profit was.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for the single most significant element in the crisis, I&#8217;d suggest that you look at the deregulation that permitted loan originators to divorce themselves from the risk of default.  When the entity charged with evaluating the ability of an individual to repay the loan could expect to shift the consequences of such a default to another party, there was no compelling reason to deny any loan.  Such a transfer of risk was not possible when Glass-Steagall was fully in effect.</p>
<p>Actual examination of mortgage data demonstrate that not only were CRA loans a small fraction of the total &#8211; but that the CRA loans outperformed the other subprime loans.  In other words, as so often, you&#8217;ve latched on to an ideologically charged narrative that isn&#8217;t supported by the data.  Claims by the likes of Paul that pressure by the CRA to provide loans to bad risks simply isn&#8217;t borne out by the data.</p>
<p>I recommend you have a look through <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1924831" rel="nofollow">this report</a> so that you can better understand the factors that actually contributed to the sub-prime crisis.    The Angelides Commission report reaches much the same conclusion, but you might consider that too politically charged, and Mr. Simkovic did an admirable job of actually digging up the data and seeing how well the various narratives were supported.</p>
<blockquote><p>The economic problems that existed before Obama began his coup where<br />
directly attributable to entitlement spending. Obama has simply<br />
accelerated entitlement spending in any way possible, and the debt and<br />
deficit are irrefutable proof.</p></blockquote>
<p>That sounds like a promising summary of an argument.  I&#8217;ll read it with interest, should you care to make the argument itself.</p>
<blockquote><p>Apparently you are too poorly informed to understand what is happening,<br />
or you are a Leftist yourself. Either way, you&#8217;re wrong, yet again.</p></blockquote>
<p>I suppose the obvious question is &#8211; <i>how would you know?</i></p>
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		<title>By: truebearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You opined the other day that Obama&#039;s foreign policy was &quot;competent.&quot; At what? Enabling enemies? Alienating allies? Making a fool of himself and encouraging the rest of the world to distrust us? I guess you don&#039;t have much acumen in foreign policy.

You damn right Obama isn&#039;t doing things to improve the economy the way I would. Why don&#039;t you list what he has done that has improved the economy. I could use a good laugh.

He&#039;s gutting the coal industry when we are already suffering from a lack of jobs, not to mention the fact that makes no difference environmentally, given the way India and China are burning it. Alternative energy has failed miserably in Europe, so the options grow thin. 

He&#039;s strangling the oil and gas industry at every opportunity. The Keystone pipeline, drilling in the Gulf, drilling on federal lands...all blocked by Obama&#039;s insidious environmental agenda. He has squandered billions on his &quot;green economy,&quot; all of which has been an abject failure. 

Obamacare is a job destroyer second to none. Even employers who need people won&#039;t hire full-time because they will be penalized. Obama now plans to  make them get permission from the government if they want to fire someone. Do you think that helps create jobs?

Without private sector jobs, there is a steady loss of of revenue for the government, and the more government jobs added, the greater the drain, yet Obama keeps increasing the federal workforce while imposing more taxes on the wealth creators. Do you know who they are? Despite there being far more Americans now than 35 years ago, participation in the work force today is at levels seen 35 years ago. What a rousing success that fact bespeaks. 

Obama thinks unemployment checks and food stamps stimulate the economy. Typical leftist recipe for economic failure. You&#039;d have to be a leftist or a fool to think that formula will ever work. If you think Obama is doing anything but destroying our economy, you either know nothing about what makes an economy strong, or buy into the same failed ideology he does.

It seems the A-10 performed well in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as both Gulf Wars.The Taliban didn&#039;t have tanks. It is a great aircraft for ground support and it doesn&#039;t cost a king&#039;s ransom like the stuff the Air Force wants. Weren&#039;t you just saying we are in a financial pinch? Why get rid of proven, cost effective weapons?

Yes, I am aware that the A-10 has been unpopular with some in the military, but the military gets lots of things wrong when it comes to the politicization of weaponry. The A-10 has proven its detractors wrong, decisively. it would be insane to throw away the A-10.

The economy was humming along a lot better than it is now until the Left managed to destroy it with their sub-prime scheme. After they forced banks to offer sub-prime loans and forced the economy to crash, they bailed the banks out, then blamed them for what they, the Left, clearly initiated. Then the Frank-Dodd Act was imposed as a supposed solution, which froze credit, ran many people out of business, killed new construction, and shut down many small banks. It also contributed to more job loss.

The economic problems that existed before Obama began his coup where directly attributable to entitlement spending. Obama has simply accelerated entitlement spending in any way possible, and the debt and deficit are irrefutable proof.

Apparently you are too poorly informed to understand what is happening, or you are a Leftist yourself. Either way, you&#039;re wrong, yet again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You opined the other day that Obama&#8217;s foreign policy was &#8220;competent.&#8221; At what? Enabling enemies? Alienating allies? Making a fool of himself and encouraging the rest of the world to distrust us? I guess you don&#8217;t have much acumen in foreign policy.</p>
<p>You damn right Obama isn&#8217;t doing things to improve the economy the way I would. Why don&#8217;t you list what he has done that has improved the economy. I could use a good laugh.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s gutting the coal industry when we are already suffering from a lack of jobs, not to mention the fact that makes no difference environmentally, given the way India and China are burning it. Alternative energy has failed miserably in Europe, so the options grow thin. </p>
<p>He&#8217;s strangling the oil and gas industry at every opportunity. The Keystone pipeline, drilling in the Gulf, drilling on federal lands&#8230;all blocked by Obama&#8217;s insidious environmental agenda. He has squandered billions on his &#8220;green economy,&#8221; all of which has been an abject failure. </p>
<p>Obamacare is a job destroyer second to none. Even employers who need people won&#8217;t hire full-time because they will be penalized. Obama now plans to  make them get permission from the government if they want to fire someone. Do you think that helps create jobs?</p>
<p>Without private sector jobs, there is a steady loss of of revenue for the government, and the more government jobs added, the greater the drain, yet Obama keeps increasing the federal workforce while imposing more taxes on the wealth creators. Do you know who they are? Despite there being far more Americans now than 35 years ago, participation in the work force today is at levels seen 35 years ago. What a rousing success that fact bespeaks. </p>
<p>Obama thinks unemployment checks and food stamps stimulate the economy. Typical leftist recipe for economic failure. You&#8217;d have to be a leftist or a fool to think that formula will ever work. If you think Obama is doing anything but destroying our economy, you either know nothing about what makes an economy strong, or buy into the same failed ideology he does.</p>
<p>It seems the A-10 performed well in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as both Gulf Wars.The Taliban didn&#8217;t have tanks. It is a great aircraft for ground support and it doesn&#8217;t cost a king&#8217;s ransom like the stuff the Air Force wants. Weren&#8217;t you just saying we are in a financial pinch? Why get rid of proven, cost effective weapons?</p>
<p>Yes, I am aware that the A-10 has been unpopular with some in the military, but the military gets lots of things wrong when it comes to the politicization of weaponry. The A-10 has proven its detractors wrong, decisively. it would be insane to throw away the A-10.</p>
<p>The economy was humming along a lot better than it is now until the Left managed to destroy it with their sub-prime scheme. After they forced banks to offer sub-prime loans and forced the economy to crash, they bailed the banks out, then blamed them for what they, the Left, clearly initiated. Then the Frank-Dodd Act was imposed as a supposed solution, which froze credit, ran many people out of business, killed new construction, and shut down many small banks. It also contributed to more job loss.</p>
<p>The economic problems that existed before Obama began his coup where directly attributable to entitlement spending. Obama has simply accelerated entitlement spending in any way possible, and the debt and deficit are irrefutable proof.</p>
<p>Apparently you are too poorly informed to understand what is happening, or you are a Leftist yourself. Either way, you&#8217;re wrong, yet again.</p>
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		<title>By: truebearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just imagine all of those Twin City liberals suddenly without power, and no prospects of heat for weeks. Or maybe Madison&#039;s mutant Left, freezing to death because of the Muslims they enabled. They&#039;d still blame us.

Being out in the intense cold really wakes a person up to one&#039;s mortality. Hypothermia can creep up pretty fast. Yet, we still have an immense number of morons in our two states that will never wake up.

The funny thing is, while I&#039;m getting sick of the cold we&#039;ve had, and are still getting, I like sitting out by the firepit on a real cold night, maybe -15, burning wood, looking at the stars, and enjoying the quiet. I haven&#039;t been able to do it lately because of this stubborn flu I&#039;ve had for the last two weeks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just imagine all of those Twin City liberals suddenly without power, and no prospects of heat for weeks. Or maybe Madison&#8217;s mutant Left, freezing to death because of the Muslims they enabled. They&#8217;d still blame us.</p>
<p>Being out in the intense cold really wakes a person up to one&#8217;s mortality. Hypothermia can creep up pretty fast. Yet, we still have an immense number of morons in our two states that will never wake up.</p>
<p>The funny thing is, while I&#8217;m getting sick of the cold we&#8217;ve had, and are still getting, I like sitting out by the firepit on a real cold night, maybe -15, burning wood, looking at the stars, and enjoying the quiet. I haven&#8217;t been able to do it lately because of this stubborn flu I&#8217;ve had for the last two weeks.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might be surprised though.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You might be surprised though.</p>
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		<title>By: hiernonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t disagree with your sentiments, though I&#039;d likely disagree with your assessment of who could fairly be characterized as &#039;uncritically&#039; accepting others&#039; narrative.  Regards!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t disagree with your sentiments, though I&#8217;d likely disagree with your assessment of who could fairly be characterized as &#8216;uncritically&#8217; accepting others&#8217; narrative.  Regards!</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well until we dust off the old Total War Manuel, and use it with a vengeance, you would be completely correct.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well until we dust off the old Total War Manuel, and use it with a vengeance, you would be completely correct.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Russian strategy is very simple, use the muslims to spend their money and bodies, when the time comes they will step on them and let allah sort it out. Do you really think the Russians would be pushing us if Reagan, or Bush1-2 were in office like they are treating Obummer? The Russian understand and respect strength, They openly mock and laugh at Obummer and company. Who would have ever in a million years thought the US would be a laughing stock in the eyes of allies and foes alike?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Russian strategy is very simple, use the muslims to spend their money and bodies, when the time comes they will step on them and let allah sort it out. Do you really think the Russians would be pushing us if Reagan, or Bush1-2 were in office like they are treating Obummer? The Russian understand and respect strength, They openly mock and laugh at Obummer and company. Who would have ever in a million years thought the US would be a laughing stock in the eyes of allies and foes alike?</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t make the mistake almost every other westerner makes when it comes to Russia, throughout history, when the muslims got a little uppity, they stomped on them with an iron fist, it goes back to the first Tsars and they are no different today, see, they don&#039;t forget and they never forgive what the muslims did and are currently do. If they have a problem they killem all and let allah sortem out without apologizes or remorse. Trust me when I tell you, the Russians will soon be bring the hammer down on those uppity muslims.  We will be doing the same when the time comes, and when it comes, nobody is going to give a rats azz how peaceful some muzzy says he/she is, for the time will come that the only words spoken will be the only good muslim is a dead muslim.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t make the mistake almost every other westerner makes when it comes to Russia, throughout history, when the muslims got a little uppity, they stomped on them with an iron fist, it goes back to the first Tsars and they are no different today, see, they don&#8217;t forget and they never forgive what the muslims did and are currently do. If they have a problem they killem all and let allah sortem out without apologizes or remorse. Trust me when I tell you, the Russians will soon be bring the hammer down on those uppity muslims.  We will be doing the same when the time comes, and when it comes, nobody is going to give a rats azz how peaceful some muzzy says he/she is, for the time will come that the only words spoken will be the only good muslim is a dead muslim.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I agree in principal with your sentiments. My observation is that we end up doing the heavy lifting because of political compromises and notions of social justice and so forth.


Our missions get complicated and by the time the horse trading is complete, we end up with security-welfare programs rather than security with trade agreements.


I think there are fundamental differences in how various factions approach other nations and what expectations we have.


I think there are solutions that are more just, and more effective in securing peace among the peaceful people of the world. And they are economically feasible because it allows more flexible productivity arrangements. But how we lead and manage these relationships will make all the difference. We need to more accurately analyze our failures rather than saying we should just shrivel up a  bit and allow others to forgive us for our &quot;colonialism&quot; and all of those other embellished grievances.


Pro-American politicians should be leading the way in reminding people of our side of the story and the benefits in joining us rather than hating us. Getting people to like us by uncritically accepting their hateful narratives about us is counterproductive.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I agree in principal with your sentiments. My observation is that we end up doing the heavy lifting because of political compromises and notions of social justice and so forth.</p>
<p>Our missions get complicated and by the time the horse trading is complete, we end up with security-welfare programs rather than security with trade agreements.</p>
<p>I think there are fundamental differences in how various factions approach other nations and what expectations we have.</p>
<p>I think there are solutions that are more just, and more effective in securing peace among the peaceful people of the world. And they are economically feasible because it allows more flexible productivity arrangements. But how we lead and manage these relationships will make all the difference. We need to more accurately analyze our failures rather than saying we should just shrivel up a  bit and allow others to forgive us for our &#8220;colonialism&#8221; and all of those other embellished grievances.</p>
<p>Pro-American politicians should be leading the way in reminding people of our side of the story and the benefits in joining us rather than hating us. Getting people to like us by uncritically accepting their hateful narratives about us is counterproductive.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with your assessment that our allies need to spend more on their military capabilities. It is rather amusing to see our NATO allies cut their military budgets to the bone and can&#039;t even get troops to where they need to go, and the US Air Force has to ferry them to the hot spots, France is the perfect example in Mali. I can&#039;t wait until the Balkans goes hot again and there is no one on the NATO side who will be in a position to do anything about it, the Russians have about 1,800 advisors in the Balkans as we speak and everyone is ignoring it. The Saudi&#039;s, Turks and other oil rich sheikdoms are pouring money, jihadist, and imams into Bosnia and Kosovo for another go round. Frankly when the smoke clears, I do hope that the Croats and Serbs finally deal with the muslim problem and put an end to it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with your assessment that our allies need to spend more on their military capabilities. It is rather amusing to see our NATO allies cut their military budgets to the bone and can&#8217;t even get troops to where they need to go, and the US Air Force has to ferry them to the hot spots, France is the perfect example in Mali. I can&#8217;t wait until the Balkans goes hot again and there is no one on the NATO side who will be in a position to do anything about it, the Russians have about 1,800 advisors in the Balkans as we speak and everyone is ignoring it. The Saudi&#8217;s, Turks and other oil rich sheikdoms are pouring money, jihadist, and imams into Bosnia and Kosovo for another go round. Frankly when the smoke clears, I do hope that the Croats and Serbs finally deal with the muslim problem and put an end to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your from WI, I&#039;m from MN so I know of what you speak, just have a wood burning stove and fireplace and enough wood to tide you over. You are completely correct, if the power failed tomorrow, civil life would get uncivil in a real hurry. Your right the US is completely unprepared for internal terrorist activity, especially if they are from the 3rd world, but, when it comes right down to it, we are tribal by nature and when push comes to shove, no matter how un P it is, we will stick to our own and well the others will be sucking wind.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your from WI, I&#8217;m from MN so I know of what you speak, just have a wood burning stove and fireplace and enough wood to tide you over. You are completely correct, if the power failed tomorrow, civil life would get uncivil in a real hurry. Your right the US is completely unprepared for internal terrorist activity, especially if they are from the 3rd world, but, when it comes right down to it, we are tribal by nature and when push comes to shove, no matter how un P it is, we will stick to our own and well the others will be sucking wind.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pssst,  Europe is most of us and where our ancestors came from. It where western civilization comes from and as we and Canada are of western civilization, don&#039;t you think we should defend it?  If Europe falls, guess who is next?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pssst,  Europe is most of us and where our ancestors came from. It where western civilization comes from and as we and Canada are of western civilization, don&#8217;t you think we should defend it?  If Europe falls, guess who is next?</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to make a bet on that?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would you like to make a bet on that?</p>
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		<title>By: hiernonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hiernonymous]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s reasonable. 



I agree that isolationism is naive; but so, I think, is volunteering to take on all the security heavy lifting while our ostensible allies dedicate their economic resources to, well, their economies.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s reasonable. </p>
<p>I agree that isolationism is naive; but so, I think, is volunteering to take on all the security heavy lifting while our ostensible allies dedicate their economic resources to, well, their economies.</p>
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