Results: Pentagon budget cuts that would take the Army to pre-WWII levels
Published on 02/26/2014
The US defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, has announced on Monday that “after Iraq and Afghanistan, we are no longer sizing the military to conduct long and large stability operations”. He believes that the US is going to stop the business of long, agonizing ground wars for the foreseeable future, and has detailed such in the Pentagon’s budget plan for 2015. The $496bn budget, reviewed by the Pentagon on Monday before its submission to Congress next week is proposing a scaled back modern military that would cut the army to its lowest troop level since before World War II.
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Do you agree that long-scale, long-duration land operations such as Afghanistan and Iraq are now a thing of the past?
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Do you agree with Chuck Hagel's plan to cut the US Army over the next five years from 520,000 to 440,000? Yes
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Do you feel that this plan to reduce military budget will help the American economy? Yes
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Do you believe that the US military spending budget is too high to begin with? Yes
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Do you think Chuck Hagel's proposed plan will pass and come into effect? Yes
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Do you have any family or friends in the military that would be affected by this bill? Yes
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