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The 'mission the troops will

NCD — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:57:44 +0000

In reply to How Mr. Romney Would Force-Feed the Pentagon

The 'mission the troops will perform' will be the invasion and occupation of Iran, most likely sometime in late 2013, after bombing doesn't work to either stop the nuclear program, or secure the shores of the Persian Gulf. Starting wars, it's what Republicans do to look tough.

Q.E.D. ipso facto hand-wave

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:09:28 +0000

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Q.E.D. ipso facto hand-wave hand-wave. The press are suckers for this stuff - math is tuff, and it'll turn into a luke warm "though some disagree" rather than what could be in a different universe a cold numerical analysis and a scream of "bullshit!"

It would be helpful if Ms.

A Guy Called LULU — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:27:07 +0000

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It would be helpful if Ms. Giacomo, if she noticed it, would point out the fuzzy math demonstrated in her reporting.

The centerpiece of Mr. Romney’s proposal is a promise to spend at least 4 percent of gross domestic product on military personnel, procurement, operations and maintenance, and research and development.

Later:

And how would he [Romney] pay for his huge new defense budgets? In an interview with Fortune, Mr. Romney spoke of “enormous opportunities for finding efficiency and cost savings in the military.”

Four-percent of gross domestic product is a set arbitrary number. Romney says he will spend that much, which by all assumptions means spending more, but he will pay for the resultant net increase in spending by spending that amount more efficiently.

Maybe he will be asked to explain his magical financing. Or, maybe not.