Use Them And Loose Them

From the BBC:
"Obama unveils new strategy for 'leaner' US military"

The US military will become "leaner" while maintaining superiority as it switches focus to the Asia-Pacific, US President Barack Obama has announced. In a rare appearance at the Pentagon, he unveiled a far-reaching defence review under which thousands of troops are expected to be axed. The tide of war was receding and the US must renew its economic power, he said. The strategy is designed to accommodate at least $450bn (£290bn) in Pentagon cuts over the next decade. The defence budget could also lose another $500bn at the end of this year after Congress failed to agree on deficit reduction following a debt-ceiling deal in August. "So yes, our military will be leaner," Mr Obama told reporters, "but the world must know - the United States is going to maintain our military superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats."

^ Obama has decided to use the "use them and then loose them" attitude with regards to the US military. He had no problem keeping soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan when he came into office and even expanded their numbers and now that we are out of Iraq he thinks he can simply do away with thousands of soldiers who he placed in harm's way because he is finished with them. This is just another example of why every President (male or female) needs to have served in the US military before they go into office - he/she is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and should know first-hand what the soldiers and their families go through before he/she sends them to fight and possibly die for their country. Maybe then they wouldn't be so quick to do what Clinton did and Obama is doing. The US Government has always treated soldiers and their families as second-class citizens and expected them to pay the ultimate sacrifice and those that survive are tossed away with little benefits. We should treat our veterans and current soldiers with the respect they have earned and deserve and not follow Obama's example of throwing them away with the trash. Hopefully, we will have a new President before these reductions take effect and the new one will have a military background and the common decency to treat veterans and soldiers correctly. ^

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16430405