Oliver North's Column: Obama's Defense Budget - New Strategic Guidence Is Strategic Capitulation

In his latest column, retired Marine Lt Colonel Oliver North raps Obama's proposed Defense Department budget.

Washington, DC – The U.S. military better get ready to do a whole lot more with a whole lot less. That’s the bottom line of the so-called “new strategic guidance” issued this week by Mr. Obama during a brief visit to the Pentagon.

Flanked by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mr. Obama proudly proclaimed to allies and adversaries alike that the United States is heading toward a much less expensive, far smaller, and ultimately less capable military than we’ve had since before World War II​.

...He claims it is now a “national security imperative” to reduce our federal deficit “through a lower level of defense spending.”

That’s a “strategy” driven by dollars – not the threats and risks we face.

You can read the rest of the column via HumanEvents.com's below link:

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=48627

Obama Unveils Defense Cuts While Iran Threatens

KT McFarland at FoxNews.com took Obama to task for his proposed drastic cuts to defense.

Whose bright idea was it for the president of the United States to unveil his defense budget cuts the cusp of a crisis with Iran and in the Pentagon’s briefing room? -- What were they thinking?

McFarland wonders what Iran, the Taliban, North Korea, China and our allies like Israel will think of the proposed military cuts.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/01/05/obama-unveils-defense-cuts-while-iran-threatens-war/  

The above Defense Department photo shows Obama and Defense officials at the Pentagon.