Military Spending Creates Jobs

UPDATE: Jewish leaders--this is not the Hillary we knew.***Our safety should come first. Our common defense is the primary obligation of the federal government. President Obama characterized our Cold War arsenal as useless the other night. IBD:

Perhaps the reason we don't need to use some weapon systems is because we have them. President Reagan won the Cold War in part because we had Pershing missiles to deploy in Europe and were serious about defending America against missile attack with the Strategic Defense Initiative. Deterrence works.

As President Kennedy said when he called on us to "bear any burden" and "pay any price" in the defense of liberty, "only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt they will never be employed.

Barney Frank wants to cut the military budget dramatically even as we are being tested by new threats--North Korea, Iran. This is a time when we should be rebuilding our military, an enterprise that creates American jobs, already geared up to support our troops in the field, an immediate boost to our flagging economy.

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