Does anyone remember
Barack Obama's great promise of the campaign of 2012? He did not make
a promise to America nor to Americans. He did not make a promise to fellow
politicians. Unlike so many of his promises, he is keeping this one. His
promise was to Vladimir Putin of Russia.What is Obama doing to keep his promise
to Putin? Everyone remembers the hot mike incident in 2012 when Barack Obama
pleaded with Russian President Dmitri Medvedyev to give him time until the
election. After the election, he promised Vladimir Putin, through Medvedyev, he
would be more "flexible.
Now we have seen this flexibility.
Barack Obama is going to spend almost $700 million dollars of taxpayer money to
buy Russian helicopters for the Afghan Air Force. But wait. Just like those TV
commercials, this gets better. When Congress passed the 2013 National Defense
Authorization Act, it had an interesting provision. Congress included, as a
part of that law a prohibition on the United States buying helicopters from
Rosoboronexport, the Russian manufacturer of the Mi-17 helicopter.
Unfortunately as always happens, when such laws are passed, Congress always
gives the Regime an escape hatch. The law stated that Obama could buy from
Rosoboronexport if the Secretary of Defense certified it was in the interest of
National Security. And of course, the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel , a man
committed to destroying the US military immediately signed off on that
certification. Where do we even start with this one.
Congress is outraged over this with Senators and Representatives from both
parties writing letters about this. Of course, this is Congress' fault for
allowing a law to be written with such an escape hatch. More importantly,
Americans need to be asking just what the hell the Obama Regime is doing.
Why are we spending $700 million dollars with a Russian arms manufacturer? Why
are we even giving the Afghans these helicopters?
If we are going to give them helicopters, which we really shouldn't, then why
not give them American made helicopters and put Americans to work?
if we are going to give the Afghans Russian helicopters, the ones we are giving
them are an old Cold War design. There are hundreds of used MI-17 helicopters
floating around the world. Why are we paying to give the Afghans brand new
helicopters?
In the era of the Sequester, isn't there something better we can do with $700
million? American Medicare cancer patients are being turned away from hospitals
and are being denied life saving treatment because of budget cuts. The American
military is being gutted to the point of ineffectiveness because of budget
cuts.
Or consider this. The United States Air Force is grounding 17 squadrons because
of $591 million dollars in budget cuts. Our Air Force is not able to do its
mission because it lacks the money to fly but we have the money to give
Afghanistan $700 million dollars in Russian helicopters.
And this is where Barack Obama thinks we should spend our money? Most people
reading this story will not have heard about it. Why?
Because the Obama Propaganda Media is moving in lock step to make sure there is
no bad news that might damage Obama's presidency.This is a story that
should damage him and outrage every American.
The only way we will ever stop Obama is if the American people know what he is
doing.
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