US Defense Secretary’s ‘Shock’: What Happened to the Army Under Barack Obama
SputnikNews.com
14.06.2017
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has recently expressed his shock over the US military’s lack of readiness after four years of successive budget cuts. Russian military expert Vasily Kashin explained why Mattis’ complaints have certain grounds.
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is “shocked” by the US military’s lack of readiness; speaking to the Russian newspaper Vzglyad, military analyst Vasily Kashin explained what had happened to the US Army under Barack Obama.
“I have been shocked by what I’ve seen with our readiness to fight. For all the heartache caused by the loss of our troops during these wars, no enemy in the field has done more to harm the readiness of our military than sequestration. It took us years to get into this situation. It will require years of stable budgets and increased funding to get out of it,” Mattis said Monday in his written testimony to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee.
To cope with the burning issue, Mattis is seeking to increase the Defense budget.
“I need bipartisan support for this budget,” the Secretary of Defense said, referring to Donald Trump’s $639 billion request which envisages an increase in the Pentagon’s “base budget” and overseas operations.
“For all the heartache caused by the loss of our troops during these wars, no enemy in the field has done more harm to the readiness of our military than sequestration,” Mattis underscored.
Does it mean that Barack Obama left the Oval Office while the US Army was in tatters?
According to Kashin, Mattis’ complaints have certain grounds.
Matthias’s speech was intended to bring the issue into the spotlight, the military analyst noted.
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