ACTION ALERT THE DOOMSDAY SCENARIO Members of the U.S. Military are calling it the “Doomsday Scenario” and that is a completely accurate assessment of what is about to occur on November 23rd of this year. Unless something changes in the next two weeks that day will mark the beginning of the end of the United States military as the most powerful fighting force in the world. The end result will be putting our nation and our people in a position where we will be unable to effectively defend ourselves against those who would destroy us. Dismantling our military has been something that the far left in this country has been trying to do for decades, and now with the help of the Obama administration and Congress they are about to be successful. It will occur as a result of the ill advised and unconstitutional legislation agreed to by Congress in order to avert a failure to raise the debt ceiling. A super committee of Congress was appointed made up of six Republicans and six Democrats from both houses of Congress that was given the task of finding and agreeing to $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by November 23rd. If the super committee fails to come to agreement, then the legislation provides for an automatic $1.2 trillion in cuts to be made. Approximately half of this amount will come from the defense budget. This will be in addition to some $850 billion in cuts that have already been made to the defense budget since Obama has taken office. Some of these cuts have already taken place, or are scheduled to happen over the next few years. Even Obama’s choice for Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, has said that these additional cuts triggered by the super committee’s failure to act will be devastating to the military and our national security. Exactly what will happen to our military? The strength of the Army and Marine Corps will be reduced by about 50%. The Air Force will lose two thirds of its fighters and strategic bombers, while the Navy will have to mothball a number of ships including two aircraft carrier groups. The Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force will be at the smallest they have been in many years and the Navy will be smaller than it was prior World War II. Many military bases will be closed, both at home and abroad, and the Navy will be barely strong enough to patrol our own shores, much less make its presence felt in the Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, or close to China. This is happening at exactly the same time that China is rapidly increasing its own military strength including building an increasingly strong Navy. Of course, is not going to stop there. Veterans are also going to see their benefits cut. Pensions are going to shrink and many medical benefits are simply going to go away. There is one chance to stop this disaster. A committee in the House of Representatives is working on proposals to stop the Doomsday Scenario from happening, and it has bi partisan support. Everyone should write, call, or email their Senators and Representatives to support this and keep our military intact. Go to this link to learn more about the Doomsday Scenario and for a link to contact your Senators and Representatives about this critical issue. Please forward this action alert to everyone today!
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