Garys
NES Member
This isn't an Obama thing.
-Mike
I think it's very much an Obama thing. He has refused to request appropriations to fight this war, which means that the money has been coming out of operational funds. Maintenance is being deferred on equipment, parts are being scavenged to keep some machinery going, and so on. Just like the Carter Administration did. I have no doubt that money earmarked for new equipment is being repurposed to fund on going operations. After he is done, hopefully in 2013, the military will need massive infusions of money to rebuild.
That money will have to come from somewhere, but that's a different story.