Robert Gates asks for warchest despite billions blown in error

[hhhaaa68]

It's suicidal to run a country like this!

[12TabulaRasa12]

awesome topic

[gabrielschembri]

how is this russia's business again?

[nelson3300]

$ 690,000,000,000 / year.

[hhhaaa68]

@nelson3300 And this number does not include the expenses on the wars, and it would be trillions of dollars.

[jnthnbush]

We should be spending 690 MILLION on our military.

[brewerbrian420]

@jnthnbush Really all we would need is a bigger Navy. Our greatest defense mechanism are the worlds oceans.

[jnthnbush]

@brewerbrian420 The Navy costs to much, we should cut down to like one aircraft carrier.

[brewerbrian420]

@jnthnbush That's utter nonsense. The navy is our greatest military power. They can stop anyone trying to invade by sea before they ever get close to our shores.

[fteoOpty64]

It is NOT the secretary of Defense that is at fault, it is the SYSTEM that is flawed. As long as we live in fear and finds the need of military structure, this will continue unabated as it is.

War is either declared by one leader or a committee, if we were to subject it to popular vote, it will NOT ever happen. Just send teams of people to negotiate and bash-each-other by hand, keep sending teams until an agreement is reached !. Thats how to prevent war. The system feeds on your fears!.

[Julia76087]

OUT LAW WAR!!! Make them have PEACE for once!!!!

[ENJOYtheLITTLthings]

Want to bring the troops home? Vote for Ron Paul

[ENJOYtheLITTLthings]

Fuck Robert Gates

[Zyworski]

Spending in 2009 was approx 3.1 billion with a deficit of 400 billion. In 2010 spending was approx 3.5 billion but the deficit swelled to 1.4 trillion. Even though spending only went up 4oo billion the deficit went up 600 billion, this would indicate that government income dropped by 600 billion. The economy is in bad shape when government receipts drop by 20% approx, so maybe now is the time that corporate America needs to step up and pay more taxes or spend on growth one or the other.

[Zyworski]

The 685 billion dollar military budget would not seem that bad were it not for the fact that it does not include the cost of caring for 33,000 wounded soldiers.

The occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan were largely funded through supplementary spending bills outside the Federal Budget, so they are not included in the military budget figures.

A 1.5 trillion dollar budget gap cannot be closed solely on the back of the military, but that doesn't mean their budget should go up AGAIN either.

[Zyworski]

In 1970 at the height of the Vietnam war the per capita spending on defense in inflation adjusted dollars was less than $3,250 per person. Today with a larger population and much larger military the cost of the cost of the military is over $4,000 per person yet we only have less than 50,000 deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan.

I can't believe it but there are actually right wing hawks like the Heritage Foundation that pretzel logic stats to say that military spending is at an all time low. LMFAO

[veniceit1]

Robert Gates for president in 2012. He is the caliber of leader that America needs.

[ENJOYtheLITTLthings]

@veniceit1 Good one troll

[BGBailen]

I just got a glimpse of the future. Donald Trump liquidates and gives Gates his warchest. Many see it as a great sacrifice from Trump and he's elected in 2012. Then he destroys the world with his army of robot Mini-Trumps.

Then I wake up and remember that Americans would never vote for a man with such a ridiculous hairpiece.

Or would they.......Dun Dun Dun!

[drewzillasaurusrex]

Defense spending has been declining relative to GDP. The national debt is the result of TARP QE1 and QE2. What the military needs is an anonymous way for personnel to report waste and abuse without fear of reprisals from the cnain of command.

[Zyworski]

@drewzillasaurusrex Defense spending as a percentage of GDP is at an all time low, but spending in inflation adjusted dollars has been climbing since the Vietnam War, both sides pick the data that supports their position. Additional things that should be considered is defense spending as a percentage of the government budget and as a percentage of income. Also the current occupations in the Middle East are funded through supplemental appropriations that are not reflected in the military budget.

[AnnoyingTypoSyndrome]

Govt contractors are EX SOLDIERS !

[nodmessenger]

Russia Today is so fucking stupid and full of crap. The defense budget is only 25% of the united states entire budget, that percent is not increasing. The only thing increasing and making us broke is obama care and welfare and all that crap!

[SlyBlackNinja]

does he not realise if he doesnt cut spending now and get out of the debt crisis that there wont be any money to cut?

[OghamTheBold]

The low hanging fruit OMG they have been plucked

[rdicko86]

two very worthy top comments :)

[ironwork92000]

The reporter has some nice tatas!

[watertonrivers]

Look, as a former military man myself, there is a tremendous amount of fat that can be cut from the military industrial complex. First, stop all military aggression in the Middle East, then cut nearly every base overseas. Alot of the military is in fact waste and should be cut in half at least!!

[nodmessenger]

@watertonrivers You know nothing of defense spending, get off the internet.

[watertonrivers]

@nodmessenger Look you may critisize me if you want, but I will stay on the net, jerk!!

[MrBranboom]

"cuts would limit U.S. military role in the world." - Sounds to me like a great reason to cut!

[comradebrezhnev]

No surprise, Robert Gates is just another Neocon war criminal. His hands are caked with Iraqi blood.

[OrphanPaper]

gates isreli lobbest reteric , Usa stop trying to definging the undefendable

[PhokKai]

@TheInnateMind That will not happen, as US is moving towards Stalinist socialism; as rest of world's natural resources become scarce, future Americans will work for free by making cheap goods for BRICS, and continues its military expansion with its own untapped resources.

[bigjohnson9687]

‎"The defense budget is not the cause of the deficit and debt problem we have as a country." - Defence Secretary Robert Gates

The U.S. spends $1+ Trillion a year on the defense/military. -- $1 TRILLION...How much is the U.S. in debt for?

[AGPUSMUSA]

Awesome Necktie

[Neroscot]

When change the name of U.S. dollar to U.S. dollar "pain" ?

[trinimark123abc]

nice tits

[PortlandsTransport]

End the military industrial complex controlling this country!

[cbdesade]

To the unfortunate inhabitants of planet America, this is hardly news at all, but rather the status quo. The continuous "defense" build-up/warmongering has always been one of the occupation government's most profitable rackets. It ranks right up there with its mind-boggling extortions.

[antiemo666777]

@cbdesade EXACTLY! i live in america and its exactly that people who act like this news is "news" its ridiculous why cant anyone else see that if america dosent have a legitamite export i.e oil, rice, or timber then they will go thru desperate tactics to keep our head above water.............selling weapons to other countries under the table plain and simple

[tapfinger]

The cuts would limit his income when he is out of his gov't position - his kickbacks and rewards will be cut-off if he takes another position on the issue.

Self-serving stance - I'm sure....

[lgorVasiIevskii]

@MrViTopol @UsFullofLies YOU ARE RIGHT. AMERIKKKA IS A TERRORIST STATE! IMPERIAL ORGANIZATION

Must be stopped. AMERIKKKA YOU ARE THIRD WORLD!!!! ABOLISHED SOON! Long live USSR RUSSIA.

[CombativeMind]

@lgorVasiIevskii Always there when we need you comrade Vasilev ;)

[Nitrorus]

Ahahaha, good response. Igor', use less caps! Many people (as myself) don't read messages, if it written by caps.

[GreatGungHolio]

Death to the Empire...Long live the Empire!!!

[milackk7]

Robert Gates has outed himself as a criminal. He steals tax payer money to fund ridiculous programs that do negligible difference in our defense capabilities. No 'enemy' in the world has the technical capabilities to make a bigger dent in our defenses than in the past decades. Recent attacks have all proven to subvert trillions of dollars in technology - so the budget is nothing more than theft and which funds astronomically expensive play toys. Get the Pentagon on a diet!

[Gioxtream]

MY COUNTRY HAS BECOME A MONSTER....THE GREATEST Thieve in the world.

Makes my blood chill....and Feel so ashame to be An American.

I love this cpountry....I just hate from the Bottom of my heart what it has become !

Go help America.

[CombativeMind]

@Gioxtream I am originally from Spain, but soon an American... The USA wasn't a bad country in the beggining of its history. The reasons of the foundation of the USA and the democratic dreams that the people who founded it were honorable dreams and goals that only care about the future American people. But everything started when in the past, that democracy gaved to much freedom to the rich and the private economycal companies.

Now look what freedom and ultraliberalism have made: evil in power.

[AgrivatedKillah]

@CombativeMind buahahhaha @ the usa wasn't a bad country in the beginning of its history.

You must haven't heard of the native american genocide?

[Oishi08]

As an American citizen, I think if we cut military spending we can bring the money home because defense does not mean military expansion, especially when our military is just a private corporation now. We no nothing of who their interests are in service of, nor do we even have to consider it...

[Nitrorus]

>...I think if we cut military spending we can bring the money home...

No, you can't. 1. Because you haven't enough money for actual consuming level even with 0 (zero) spendings on wars. 2. If not spending on wars, none would give you money for keeping actual consumption level.

The way out is higher taxes and cutting all spheres: salaries, spendings on medicine, insurance, cheap loans etc and reducing consumption at least in two times. Or even three. Only THAT would help.

[Sally0h]

"The defense budget is not the cause of the deficit and debt problem that we have as a country." Wow. Since you know what's not causing it, you must know what is. Enlighten us.

[tommysch]

@Sally0h Too low taxes on everybody? I think its quite obvious. Having a private health system doesnt help either. War put people to work. Hell America became what it is because of WW2.

[Sally0h]

@tommysch "War put people to work." Really? That's the best you can come up with for bombing six third world countries? Wonder what your rationale will be when the US goes belly up because "putting people to work" while murdering millions of another country's citizens broke us.

[gasdorf]

Robert Gates=properganda

[fulcrumize]

remamber Obama said they will withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan ? Remamber he said he will close the Giantanamo Bay consentration camp ? Well guess what that will never hapend and i dont think this will happend in a near feature . To many blood hungry contractors , to many jobs in stake for the US here at home. They wont stop the contracts cause money are good and US people dont give a shit about your children that dies from US made bombs. They say they do good for the world ? really ?

[pretorious700]

Criminals are in charge of America

[PakistaniisPower]

EVILmerica. 

[agelessrocker]

It costs alot to have the mightiest military force on earth

[jakiner]

It's not the military budget it's the teachers! I have an idea! Fire all the teachers and replace them with TSA agents!

[USFullOfLies4]

Double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis has been found in possession of top-secret CIA documents pointing to the American Task Force 373 (TF373) providing Al-Qaeda terrorists with “nuclear fissile material” and “biological agents," including a nuclear "dirty bomb."

The US insists "Davis is one of their diplomats, the two men he killed were robbers". Pakistan says that the duo were ISI agents sent to follow him after it was discovered that he had been making contact with al Qaeda.

[UbiquitousNescience]

Yah becuase gates would never be getting paid off by the defence contractors... everything he says is true.

[1JesseW]

Defence budget? More like the offence budget.

[ghostKurt]

How can gates even muster the audacity to claim that the deficit isn't caused by the military industrial complex... I mean really?!

[KnitForBrains]

Bring the troops Home now!

[PhokKai]

@KnitForBrains And do what? All of them will come home jobless and live on welfare.

[BankofSpirit]

of course they need more as in knead more death. they're $-junkies in costumes, all of 'em whore those witch have sold their souls/sold-yours & no matter what, they'll always need more as they got their life switch set to more, as in more-on not less-on but its us who have to learn the lesson as what kneads war needs war and it is always both sides of wars. we/people kill people while CORPORATIONS w/ PEONS & puppets get the riches & wealth from the living & life essentials get usurped & debased.

[rctube1958]

It's time to let someone else be the bully of the world. Bring the troops home.

[PhantomCaptin]

i have the perfect way to get rid of debt sense EVERYONE in the world is in debt how about this throw away the numbers print each country 10 trillion dollars then restart i mean really it is not fucking hard to relies this and i was told this by my brother and he is 14 throw away the bloody numbers and press the restart button im very fuckin sure NO ONE WILL DISAGREE and if someone disagrees then well balls to them when everyones out of debt we will just be laughing at them lol

[apezak]

the way to stop the Pentagon is to stop paying your taxes and reclaim your freedom.

[kepler5813]

Isn't there any way to stop the Pentagon? Is the American public happy to see its tax dollars - and more - spent on bombs and bullets? Think of what 690 billion bucks could do for the people (I mean the human beings) of the US. Seems like the Administration's agenda is pure reptilian. What happened to Obama's election promises? Is he just another Dominionist like the Bush tribe?

[BobbyWarrenMiller]

Hey, bombing countries and assassinating our old puppets in the Middle East & North Africa is expensive. These new puppets in Iraq are starting to cause God's chosen people and their Christian pack-mules trouble already, so cut us fascists some slack. As a retired US officer I'm worried about these brave judges in the Netherlands putting me and other Vietnam veterans on trial for war crimes. I challenge you fucking ass wipes in The Hague to try it. I'm in Florida so you don't have to search.

[Observerx10]

The banksters own this country and ts military. Let them bare the expense of it all.

[slobomotion]

@Observerx10 Bear, not bare.

[mtzlypk]

shill! no honor , doesnt have a clue ,corruption is rampant in the military complex...we are borrowing money to finance wars , common sense my ass..they make forest gump look sharp !

[snooch1975]

so much of that money is plundered by contractors and never even gets to the military contractors are making bank its not the military in fact there pimping the army

[ZedAlfa273]

The gusher has been turned off? Really?

[pinball281]

9/11 WAS A SATANIC RITUAL

[JDaKingman]

fuck robert gates

[philliptjr1]

The military industrial complex needs more and more of our money. Remember, war is a huge money maker. Many companies and private contractors stand to loose a lot of OUR money if the war machine isn't funded.

[javabeserk]

they spend as much they can as long as d USD is perceived having values before that value is running out.....to valueless paper/numbers.

[RyanB0011]

0:32 "The defense budget is not the cause of deficit and debt problem we have as a country."

LOOOOOOL! WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT. I D I O T!

[CelticSouthland]

The causes of Washington Government Debt are Jewish International Bankers and the New World Order.

The Washington Government's Military is the attack dog of the New World Order.

Defunding that military is defunding the EXPANSION of the New World Order.

Turn off the funding!

[BabylonsKing]

Spend Spend Spend: he he he : The US has been SUNK by the No Bid Contractors working for Guys like Bush and Rumsfeld and now the Big Ear boy on all these illegal and immoral Wars. Just remember Kiddies there's no Money to Made on Peace...What a country you all live in with no bid contractors Running it.

[HiiTM4N5595]

It's hard to cut your defense spending when you got millions of people trying to blow us up...

[BabylonsKing]

@HiiTM4N5595 Who's trying to Blow Us Up?

[ImperatorKuzco]

I, the emperor, am in large manner of extension concerned about the employment of Apache helicopters by the United Kingdom in Libya.

[nuggz503]

put the video to 0:00

hold the left key

then hold the up key

feed the snake

[ducklamb1]

4 billion a day in just interest on the national debt.the wars have only managed to make a few very rich and many poor and dead.freedoms have dwindled while we r being told these fake wars are for protecting our freedoms that we are loosing.the great bamboozlement of america.

[Ristar85]

this is just his "interview" before going to work as a "defence" lobbyist/whatever.

[usergently]

Gates of hell is your next stop Robert!

[edarotag84]

The defense budget goes to all the retired generals from the Pentagon, via defense contractors!

[Chadolution]

MILITARY spending is the biggest cause of American debt. End these wars NOW!

[tojoconfused]

What an amazingly grating voice.

[earthsbullsh]

0:47...WOW! I never thought I'd hear the Secretary of Defense go on TV and openly admit the motive behind 9-11.

[selvmordspilot]

@earthsbullsh : the motive was to spend money? That's not a very rational motive, from any point of view.

[earthsbullsh]

@selvmordspilot It is a rational motive if the money isn't yours. The Cold War ended and the defense contractors were losing money. The US public was hoping to cut defense spending. So the defense contractors and the mercenaries got together with their minions in the government and military and pulled off a false flag terrorist attack. As a result (as you can hear on the video), billions of US tax dollars were given to the defense contractors and military to fight an enemy that never existed.

[jakiner]

@earthsbullsh FUCK YEAH!

[tommysch]

@earthsbullsh The real motive behind 9-11 was the first golf war.

[nodmessenger]

@earthsbullsh your so full of shit

[earthsbullsh]

@nodmessenger Typical argument of the brainwashed. I expect you will respond to this by calling me "conspiracy theorist" or something like that. Then, you'll accuse me of being part of some fringe political group. You don't want to address the real issue. The US government lies to its people as a matter of course. That is their domestic policy. That goes for 9-11, the War on Terror, the economy, and a whole list of other issues. It's obvious to anyone not in denial. (I lived there for 23 years.)