PROPOSED CUTS IN DEFENSE WILL LEAVE U.S. VULNERABLE

WE TOLD YOU SO!!!  The liberal Obama administration is living up to the well documented ways  that liberal Democrats are known for. Higher taxes and defense cuts are traditional priorities and today they proposed the latter. 

Defense Secretary Robert Gates' call to cut back on missile defense programs is running into resistance from lawmakers and others who say the U.S. will be left vulnerable in the face of North Korea and Iran's advancing efforts to develop long-range rockets.

Gates called for $1.4 billion in cuts to missile defense as part of a budget plan he says will "reshape the priorities" of the Pentagon and "re balance this department's programs in order to institutionalize and finance our capabilities to fight the wars we are in today and the scenarios we are most likely to face in the years ahead."

We have never had more enemies at one time then we currently do, and they want to make cuts in defense. This is so serious and potentially dangerous that it's very concerning to me and should be to all Americans.

Among the proposed cuts would come the end of the "multiple kill vehicle" program-- a hovering machine meant to shoot down enemy missiles, even from space.Gates said he also would cancel plans to increase the number of ground-based interceptors in Alaska, a move opposed by Alaska's top officials. "I can't emphasize enough how important it is that we continue to develop and perfect the global missile defense network.Alaska's strategic location and the system in place here have proven invaluable in defending the nation," Gov. Sarah Palin said in a statement, adding that North Korea's rocket program could threaten Alaska.

The threat from ballistic missiles is on the rise from more nations then ever before, and any type of cuts in these  defense programs would leave us less capable of responding.North Korea and Iran might operate immature missile systems now, but they will continue to develop them while the U.S. loses ground under Gates' cuts.

Furthermore, Obama's calls for a nuclear-free world,in my opinion, is unrealistic. Countries like North Korea,Iran and Pakistan are not going to give up their nukes, so we have to be prepared for the worst. The answer is not disarmament. I can see the rest of the world laughing.