February 28, 2017
Dear Mr. President,
Are you high?! I just
heard your call for a $54 billion increase in military spending.
"When I was young, in high
school and college, everybody used to say we never lost a war. We never lost a war. You remember. Some of you were right there with me and we
never lost a war. America never
lost. And now we never win a war. We never win and we don't fight to win. We don't fight to win. So we've got to either win or don't fight at
all."
Let's break this down bit by bit, shall we:
A) When you keep repeating overly simplistic words and
phrases you begin to sound like a dementia patient. I assume that you do it for emphasis but it
has the opposite effect. This is not a
joke. You sound legitimately confused
and limited. It is almost impossible to
take you seriously when you do this.
B) When you were in
high school and college there were two wars.
One in Vietnam which was won by the North Vietnamese, and one in Korea
which basically ended in a stalemate. So
if you're going to repeat an overly simplistic statement over and over for
dramatic effect, try to make it a true statement.
C) "War"
against global terrorism is nothing like the battles of WWII
that I assume you were trying to refer to in that speech. There will be no more wars fought on
battlefields with soldiers wearing uniforms and formalized rules of
engagement. Those days are gone. The guerilla tactics of terrorists means that
there is no "win" or "lose" anymore. There is only "secure" or "not
secure". If you knew anything about
Vietnam you might understand this.
D) You might also better
understand global terrorism if you were meeting with your National Security
Council (which hasn't met even once as of 2/19/17) regularly. Also, if you hadn't downgraded the vital
roles of chairman of the Joint Chiefs and director of national intelligence and
elevated
the role of Steve Bannon (a political advisor and right wing agitator) to a
position usually held by generals, you might know what the @##$^%& is going
on!! The President of the United States
needs a functional National Security Council and yours is dangerously dysfunctional.
E) I think you owe a
sincere apology to the tens of thousands of military personnel who put their
lives on the line daily to secure our peace and freedom. They are doing a damn fine job and you, as
Commander In Chief, just insulted them beyond all reckoning. A real slap in the face to the people you
purport to be helping.
F) Where the hell are
you going to get $54 billion? Your
glorious southern wall is estimated to cost $20-30 billion and our nation is
currently somewhere around $20,000,000,000,000 in debt!!! (that's 20
trillion). The interest alone on that
debt is crippling our economy. Running a country is NOT the same as running a business…you can't just declare bankruptcy
and get a do-over when you over extend yourself. This morning you said you would finance this
spending by a "revved up economy".
Well, that explains everything.
Excellent. So glad you have such
a thorough and detailed plan.
I don't know what scares me more - you in charge of our military, or you in charge of our economy. It will be a miracle if our
country survives four years of your governance.
Sincerely,
Amy Beaton
Right on, sister
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