Faced with the sequester by the Democrats, the President has announced that he is trying to conserve precious funds for the military.
Two aircraft carriers are now docked because of concerns the Navy can afford nuclear fuel for them. Worse yet, the Department of Defense has decided not to deploy an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf because of budget concerns.
Bob Woodward, the patriotic auteur who dethroned Ric hard Nixon, is after another President:
“Can you imagine Ronald Reagan sitting there and saying, ‘Oh, by the way, I can’t do this because of some budget document?'” Woodward said.
“Or George W. Bush saying, ‘You know, I’m not going to invade Iraq because I can’t get the aircraft carriers I need?'” Or even Bill Clinton saying, ‘You know, I’m not going to attack Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters,’ … because of some budget document?”