Tuesday, March 25, 2014

What Harry Reid was talking about

Republicans say that Harry Reid is unhinged after blaming GOP for Russia's annexation of Crimea.

Comment:

Buried beneath all the headlines is the core of the problem:
Many Republicans object to the IMF reforms because they are partly paid for by taking money from accounts used to buy Army and Air Force aircraft and missiles. Republicans also argue the reforms would diminish U.S. influence, since they would let the U.S. shift billions from crisis IMF accounts to its general lending fund. For these reasons, many Republicans have come out in vehement opposition to the provision, arguing it could even empower Russia.---Business Insider

The good and the bad news:  The bad news is that people will only read the headlines and line up on a partisan basis.  The good news is at least the Business Insider put out the GOP point of view.

The last thing we should be doing is weakening our defense posture.  Not to mention raiding the government for even more funds for a dubious enterprise.

As for Harry Reid, he looks to be trying to get "to the right" of the GOP.  The Democrats really want to appear to be tough, when they certainly are no such thing.

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