Republicans and the military: No longer BFFs?

[Peacetrain]

http://theweek.com/article/index/228460/...onger-bffs


"The GOP has long had a reputation as the national-security party. But there's a growing "rift between the U.S. military and the leadership of American conservatism," says Heather Hurlburt at Democracy Arsenal. Hardline politicians "who ritually stand up in front of the public and say they want to 'listen to the commanders,' [actually] ignore the commanders on issue after issue." Congressional Republicans, Hurlburt says, are arguing against Pentagon officials on everything from the threat of war with Iran, to military detention of terror suspects, to green energy initiatives designed to cut the armed forces' whopping fuel bills. ........"

[jaxx]

The repubs are fighting cuts the military said wouldn't hurt. In reality they are fighting anything that PBO says.
What a bunch of idiots.