One of the things this blog focuses on the most in terms of politics and religion is exposing hypocrisy. Hypocrisy that seems the most plentiful among the "godly Christian" crowd and the Republican Party and its members. Of the latter group, Mitt Romney is no exception. A case in point is his whining about reductions in military spending as if Romney has a clue about military life. Why do I say that? Because during the Vietnam era Romney dodged military service by using a religious exemption and serving as a Mormon missionary in France. America Blog looks at Romney's Vietnam service and his ridiculous claims that America's security will be threatened if the social safety net isn't slashed to fund the military. Here are highlights:
Oh please, Mitt. As if it's not amusing enough that Romney replaced his military service during the Vietnam war with a few years living in the posh and flashy 16th arrondissement. (It's the new money, flashy part of Paris on the western edge of town.) Somehow service in the neighborhood of nannies and sports cars has made Romney certain that what the already bloated Pentagon needs is more money.
Maybe Romney math is different from real math, but US defense spending already dwarfs the rest of the world and it's not even close. One would need to add countries ranked second through fifteenth to slightly pass the annual US military spending so spare me the story about how damaging cuts would weaken the US.
What is weakening the US is too much war spending and not enough spending at home. But for the Romney class, spending on social programs that benefit the 99% is a waste of money. The real waste of money in the US these days is giving away tax cuts to people like Mitt Romney, who hasn't worked in years yet still makes millions each year thanks to GOP tax cuts.
Dear god, the man has all kinds of money but can't buy a clue.
Echoing portions of his stump speech in which he cites the threat of a resurgent Russia, a nuclear Iran and a rising China as obstacles to an "American Century," Romney closed his speech at this Memorial Day tribute to veterans with a political message about a choice between divergent military philosophies this November.
"We have two courses we can follow: One is to follow the pathway of Europe. To shrink our military smaller and smaller to pay for our social needs. And they of course rely on the strength of America and they hope for the best. Were we to follow that kind of course, there would be no one that could stand to protect us,"
Of course, Romney and his wealthy cronies don't want to pay a penny more to protect America. No, they want to take the food from the mouths of poor children and out of the pockets of working class folks while they themselves spend more on yachts and fine living complete with garages with elevators for their many cars.
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