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Obama forcing Navy SEALs to share guns

March 7, 2016 By: Stephen Dietrich

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The United States Navy SEALs are one of the most effective and well-trained fighting forces the world has ever seen.

So why is the Obama administration making it so difficult for them to get the weapons they need?

Navy SEAL teams don’t have enough combat rifles to go around, even as these highly trained forces are relied on more than ever to carry out counterterrorism operations and other secretive missions, according to SEALs who have confided in Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.

After SEALs return from a deployment, their rifles are given to other commandos who are shipping out, said Hunter, a former Marine who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. This weapons carousel undercuts the “train like you fight” ethos of the U.S. special operations forces, they said.

Hunter said he’s been contacted by several SEALs, but he declined to provide further information about the weapons they use in order to protect their identities.

U.S. military officials said they were looking into the issue.

Sharing rifles may seem inconsequential. It’s not. The weapons, which are outfitted with telescopic targeting sights and laser pointers, are fine-tuned to individual specifications and become intensely personal pieces of gear.

“They want their rifles,” Hunter said. “It’s their lifeline. So let them keep their guns until they’re assigned desk jobs at the Pentagon.”

The problem isn’t a lack of money, according to Hunter. Congress has frequently boosted the budgets of special operations forces in the years since the 9/11 attacks, he said. Rifles also are among the least expensive items the military buys, leading some critics to question the priorities of the Obama administration

“There is so much wasteful spending,” Hunter said. “Money is not reaching the people it needs to reach.”

Combat rifles can cost up to several thousand dollars depending upon the type of weapon and quality of the sights and other attachments. But the M-4 carbine, the standard combat rifle used by the military branches, cost less than $1,000 each when bought in bulk, according to Defense Department budget documents.

Hunter wrote last month to the Naval Special Warfare Command’s leader, Rear Adm. Brian Losey, about the alleged weapon shortage and also asked him for a full accounting of how the command’s budget was spent last year. Losey has told Hunter to expect a reply by Wednesday.

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, the top officer at U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida, and Losey’s superior, told Hunter last week that he is aware of the congressman’s concerns. “We’re certainly running that down,” Votel said during testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.

Votel added that heavily used rifles need to undergo maintenance and that may be contributing to the perception of a shortage. But “we’ll certainly take immediate action,” Votel said, if it’s determined the combat readiness of the SEALs is being degraded.

One of the SEALs who contacted Hunter blamed a slow, penny-pinching bureaucracy that rarely seeks input from the service members who use the gear, according to a brief excerpt of his comments that the congressman’s office provided to The Associated Press.

Delays of as long as three to four years paralyze the acquisition system, the SEAL said. Once an item has finally been approved for purchase, new and better gear may be available, triggering the same lengthy screening process to see if it’s worth getting instead.

Ammunition also is in short supply for training, the SEAL said, because the bulk of it is being used for combat missions.

Hunter also questioned whether the expense of expanding the size of the special operations forces could have left too little in the budget for weapons.

To meet heavy demand, the number of active-duty troops assigned to Special Operations Command, which includes SEALs, Army Green Berets and Rangers, and Air Force combat controllers, has grown dramatically during the past decade — from more than 33,600 to 56,000. There are 2,710 SEALs.

The budget for Special Operations Command is $10.4 billion and the Obama administration is proposing a $400 million increase over the current total for the coming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.

In his Feb. 17 letter to Losey, Hunter also said he’s received reports that the command is slow to settle official travel claims due in part to money shortages. This can cause personal and professional problems for SEALs, who hold high-level security clearances, he said.

Service members who hold U.S. government travel charge cards are ultimately responsible for any late fees, interest and accrued balance on the card. So if the government fails to quickly process a voucher, the service member might have to pay out of pocket or face an overdue bill. A lapse in payment could be forwarded to a credit agency, Hunter said, and that could result in a SEAL being declared ineligible to hold a clearance.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

About the Author

Stephen Dietrich

Stephen is a U.S. Army veteran with over a decade of combined experience in political commentary, economics, and news.

Comments

  1. Charles says

    March 7, 2016 at 10:46 am

    O’Bumo is the biggest piece of s_ _ _ that ever walked in the WH.
    The IDIOTS that put him there isn’t much better.

    • Johnny Appleseed says

      March 7, 2016 at 10:55 am

      Isn’t they!?

      Grammar. It’s a thing.

      Moron.

      • pjt says

        March 7, 2016 at 2:16 pm

        Johnny, acting like a superior know it all is also acting like a moron. We have a prime example taking up space in OUR White House.

        • Mildred says

          March 7, 2016 at 7:07 pm

          But O and M can take 4 vacations a year. That money could have been put to better use.

      • Constitutionalist says

        March 9, 2016 at 8:48 am

        Hey, Johnny-
        You remind me of that story where 2 gals are on a flight, one from the South and the other from the North.
        The Southern gal attempts to converse with her seatmate, and says “So, where y’all from?”
        Tne Norther gal replies, “i’m from a place where we know not to end a sentence with a preposition.”
        The Southern gal thinks a minute, then asks, “So, where y’all from, bitch?”

        Said that to say this; IME, it’s not a good thing to call someone out for their spelling or grammar; makes you sound pedantic and hoity-toity.

        • irving j whiplash says

          March 9, 2016 at 4:10 pm

          mayhaps i confused ‘preposition’ w ‘proposition’? vying for ‘position?’

    • Richard A. Blake says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:11 am

      Amen! The little weasel, obama is making his claim come true to form. The destuction (hope&change) of America.
      I only HOPED our Congress had the cojones to CHANGE course and defend our Constitution!!!
      But this country is slowly changing to the Progressive Left DIP$HITS way of life(another third world country).

      • unique says

        March 7, 2016 at 11:19 am

        GREAT IDEA…………………….

      • L.Stacey says

        March 7, 2016 at 11:32 am

        He doesn’t have a plan, he’s inept just like his secretary of state is and was.

      • Carl says

        March 7, 2016 at 9:50 pm

        Richard Blake . Yes and he is doing it with the explicit cooperation of the so called watchdogs for the people

    • Gerald Mann says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:33 am

      We do need the SEALS and ALL SPEC OPS TROOPS, we don’t however need Obama , how about impeaching that Idiot and we can be a Land of the Free Again !!

      • Cliff Blake says

        March 7, 2016 at 1:59 pm

        The OB plan: to reduce the military, feed garbage to our school kids, steal from SSA and load the Country with illegals that hate our guts , Oh and defund the VA! It in the WH plan . However spend millions for vacation but “pinch pennies from our Seals and others:

      • Cliff Blake says

        March 7, 2016 at 1:59 pm

        The OB plan: to reduce the military, feed garbage to our school kids, steal from SSA and load the Country with illegals that hate our guts , Oh and defund the VA! It in the WH plan . However spend millions for vacation but “pinch pennies from our Seals and others:

      • GINGERKAKE says

        March 7, 2016 at 3:01 pm

        IF WE IMPEACH THE IDIOT, ALL OF HIS “SPECIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS” STAY IN PLACE AND SO DOES HE. HOW ABOUT WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND VOTE HIS FILTHY BOTTOM INTO A BOTTOMLESS JAIL CELL AND FORGET HE EVER EVEN EXISTED. HE IS A PIECE OF FILTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • Constitutionalist says

          March 9, 2016 at 8:55 am

          Gingerkake-
          A fella named “Edwin Viera,” who has several degrees, including one in the law, says that any attempt to impeach D’owebama will legitimize his presidency, instead of calling it what it is: fraud, and a betrayal of the public trust(MULTIPLE betrayals, actually). He suggests, and i agree, just arresting him and convicting him. That will get rid of him. He apparently hangs out often at NewsWithViews, so you can find him if you like.

          My suggestion was a little less complicated; i said that all that was needed was to find a Federal judge with cojones who would simply sign an Eviction order, then have US Marshals carry it out, “escorting” D’owebama – by the back of the neck and his belt, if he won’t go quietly – out of the White House, then pile his crap on the sidewalk out in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, just like any OTHER tenant who lies on their rental application.

    • Joe says

      March 7, 2016 at 12:12 pm

      There are no words available to describe the worst person ever to have brainwashed so many idiots. This one story is but another treasonous act by your president. I personally was never fooled for a second. No one still knows anything about him. He’s probably the ezlahmest terrorist insider. He did state that he will stand with muzlms if they try to take over this country and did so proudly in his book.

      • Carl says

        March 7, 2016 at 10:59 pm

        Joe : you are on to the seat on the three legged stool that is killing this Republic. The Big Media, Big Business and Big Govt. drive to CONTROL this election cycle. The Democrats bench is so shallow they are fielding a socialist whose resume is ” I work for the Government” and a pathological liar that married a sex craved pedophile and 1/2 the illiterate voters are all in with keeping the status quo in raping the taxpayers to keep the illiterates on the Government Plantation. The Republicans have a field so deep it’s sucking the oxygen out of the room. The problem is the electorate everywhere except the Socialist States are very , very angry and want nothing to do with Career politicians and that is scaring the crap out of the beneficiary’s of the status Quo, The Big Three. Between the elites in Govt., K Street and an ever increasing Saul Alinsky indoctrinated media this election cycle is going to be the nastiest I have seen since I started voting in 1960. If the Democrats win the Republic is finished. If the Republicans manage to elect the wrong person it’s going to just be more of the same. If Trump is as bad as every adversary claims the worst thing that can happen is the inevitable recession will come and go and maybe the influx of illegals might be slowed and the mid east influx of non assimilators can be sent home to the countries they screwed up to attempt to get on the Free stuff the Progressive insist we can afford. The end of the story is our national DEBT is at the tipping point and even if industry can be brought back and the environmental extremist can be enlightened that they just might be a little misguided and the GDP can grow at 4+% , it’s going to take years to clean up this mess. Maybe it’s better than an open revolution. Vote Well my Friends.

    • Main Street says

      March 7, 2016 at 12:26 pm

      Where is Congress?

      • Judge says

        March 7, 2016 at 4:31 pm

        Wait till Trump get in.Do u think he is the solution
        to all our problems.K?

    • Gail says

      March 7, 2016 at 12:36 pm

      amen brother.

    • Marie hoadley says

      March 7, 2016 at 12:45 pm

      Tell them to go to Wal-Mart and buy some guns . Maybe we Americans should donate guns. We know why oboom don’t want no one to have guns,so we can’t protect our self. When his friends comes after USA.dear god bles america

      • Jean Hamann says

        March 17, 2016 at 1:01 pm

        Hillary is going to get rid of them too, if she can con everyone into voting for her.

    • nj says

      March 7, 2016 at 4:35 pm

      This is a National disgrace and another proof of how fu__ked our government is. Tell Obama he can’t have any more vacations until our troops get weapons and see how fast it happens!

    • LRoses says

      March 7, 2016 at 5:40 pm

      Great! Now how are we suppose to defend our country? Clintons are the same as he is.

    • DWB says

      March 7, 2016 at 6:47 pm

      I agree with you 100%.

    • John P Catalano says

      March 7, 2016 at 9:45 pm

      This is totally discraceful what the obuma administration is doing to these great men and women

  2. ChicagoThunder1 says

    March 7, 2016 at 10:57 am

    Lets go to Mexico and get them back…

    • chanty says

      March 8, 2016 at 11:38 am

      that is so right you gave me a good chuckle this moring..the sad thing is it really not funny the dumb has us in a very sad and embarrassing situation hope every goes out and votes. I have a sepecial connection to this family member is a very good, smart youg man. they deserve our respect and thanks for protected us. what happened to the billions he spend on his so called trade arancement. we should have to pay money to get our own hostages back.. although I m happy for their families. he just handle it poorly and that’s a understatement…..God bless America however the melting pot is over boiling

  3. yaki534 says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:06 am

    What a disgrace. Why don’t Obama’s bodyguards share one gun then?

    • Gary Smith says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:12 am

      LOL

    • unique says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:19 am

      GREAT IDEA…………………….

    • Stanley Chang says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:35 am

      Share one gun? With O’s anti-gun stance, they should each have their own CELL PHONE to call for help, just like the ordinary disarmed citizen.

  4. yaki534 says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:06 am

    What a disgrace. Why don’t Obama’s bodyguards share one gun then? totally asinine.

    • Jim Evans says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:34 am

      I have been hoping that one of the Secret Service agents would shoot him. He is just a worthless piece of crap.

      • MJL says

        March 7, 2016 at 1:24 pm

        You are 100% Right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • Carl says

        March 7, 2016 at 11:11 pm

        They do not award Congressional Medal of Honor medals for doing the right thing.

  5. Dena story says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:08 am

    yet he is giving billions to other countries. Wtf is going on t 🙂 at he isn’t impeached yet. Can’t us as Americans see what he is really doing

    • unique says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:21 am

      HE HAS TOO MUCH DIRT ON CONGRESS………………….
      THIS IS WHY WE NEED TRUMP…………………………….

      • Nancy says

        March 7, 2016 at 11:43 am

        I just wish someone would use one of those guns to put a bullet right between Obama’s eyes. I would dance on his grave !!!!

        • Dawid ben Haggai says

          March 7, 2016 at 1:44 pm

          Nancy,
          It is a crime to encourage others to commit a crime. Does that make sense to you?
          If you want to do something wrong, go on and do it yourself, and face the consequences of it.

    • Jean Hamann says

      March 17, 2016 at 1:04 pm

      He is evil. And Hillary is going to continue in the same path.

  6. Lloydandruschek says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:12 am

    So why can’t they use the new AK47’s one of the government agency has? Oh! They probably gave them to so of our friend in the Middle East!

    • unique says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:22 am

      HE HAS TOO MUCH DIRT ON CONGRESS………………….
      THIS IS WHY WE NEED TRUMP…………………………….

  7. LBB says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:12 am

    I bet the EPA do not lack weapons to shoot Americans with.

  8. Richard Cunningham says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:25 am

    Any active SEAL who needs a weapon can come to me and I’ll make a donation for his personal weapon. It might be what some call obsolete but it would be better than nothing. I challenge any other firearm owner to do the same. The SEALS, all of them, are an elite force that doesn’t need publicity of any kind. Especially something saying they aren’t adequately armed. What’s being done is obviously going to cost American lives and quite frankly I think that’s EXACTLY what Obama, the Muslim president, wants. Please note, I didn’t say our president because he damn sure isn’t mine.

  9. Arthur Hartsock says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:27 am

    This sounds like my time in the Marines (May 1975-79). After Vietnam there were major budget cuts in military budget. I wasn’t scheduled to qualify on the rifle range my last year because of budget issues. I was in a logistics/warehouse MOS, and they told me not to go to the rifle range that year. Unless we get our national budget deficit/debt under control, there will be more stories like this.

    • L.Stacey says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:35 am

      What’s the point of war if you can’t shoot?

    • Frank Romo says

      March 7, 2016 at 1:03 pm

      When I was in the Air Force (or Farce) I witnessed maintenance crews refurbish a warehouse built in the early 40’s, this was 1966, inside and out. Only to have it torn down the following week, the logic was so they could get funding of equal or greater for the following year. ????WTF??? Why couldn’t they just submit what was needed rather than spend all that money? That was the military logic and why I had to get out, I started questioning their “bonehead spending logic”, it boggles the mind to see the waste commited with no questions asked. Our Special Elite Forces need to be ready at all times, not be at the behest of sharing a weapon with another soldier….

  10. Joanne says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Obla-bla is one evil dispicable human being. Our finest elite groups are given recycled weapons. I am so angry and disgusted with this news. What the hell else will he do? Can’t wait until his last day in office which will be a day of celebration.

    • B. Roger Smith says

      March 7, 2016 at 1:22 pm

      Joanne….I don’t dispute your enthusiasm to celebrate obama’s (small O is intentional) last day in office, but if Hillary gets elected you will have to wait 8 more years to celebrate because under her nothing would change for the better. What a freakin discrace this country is!!! I served proudly from 1960 – 64 but today I wouldn’t even consider enlisting. How the hell can you protect your country when you have an idiot in the oval office and Navy SEALs sharing weapons. DISGUSTING!!!!!!!

  11. L.Stacey says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:27 am

    The war needs to end. The United States cannot afford to fight endlessly for 14 years and maintain our finances with responsibility. The reason for this nonsense is clear and will continue to increase as the days go on. Equipment failure put our men at risk in international waters outside of Iran. The least we can do when our men are fighting is to supply them with proper functioning equipment.

  12. L.Stacey says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:28 am

    The war needs to end. The United States cannot afford to fight endlessly for 14 years and maintain our finances with responsibility. The reason for this nonsense is clear and will continue to increase as the days go on. Equipment failure put our men at risk in international waters outside of Iran. The least we can do when our men are fighting is to supply them with proper functioning equipment.

  13. Joanne says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:29 am

    Barack is one evil dispicable human being. Our finest elite groups are given recycled weapons. I am so angry and disgusted with this news. What the hell else will he do? Can’t wait until his last day in office which will be a day of celebration.

  14. Joanne says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:29 am

    Barack is one evil dispicable human being. Our finest elite groups are given recycled weapons. I am so angry and disgusted with this news. What the hell else will he do? Can’t wait until his last day in office which will be a day of celebration.

  15. MIKE C says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:41 am

    OBAMA IS UNAMERICAN AND HAS DONE ALL HE COULD TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY LOOK BAD . I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS JERK GETS AWAY WITH ALL HE HAS DONE . NO WONDER TRUMP IS WINNING THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SAT BACK WATCHING OBAMA TAKE OUR GREAT COUNTRY APART , JUST LIKE THE MUSLIMS ARE TRYING TO DO , ONE CHIP AT A TIME

  16. Richard Cunningham says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:43 am

    Any active SEAL who is without a weapon can come to me and I’ll make a donation so he can be armed with at least a personal weapon. No rifle but a hand gun. The SEALS are an elite force that operates quietly and they don’t need all this or any other publicity. As I’m sure we all know, they operate secretly against the enemy. During my time there was a saying, “A slip of the lip can sink a ship.” That goes for the SEALS, too. I challenge any firearm owner to do what I’ll gladly do. At least the SEALS would be carrying weapons they’re used to. And as for the Admirals and Generals in the Pentagon looking onto the problem there just one way to describe that. it is nothing more or less that a bunch of BS. Those people are Obama’s yes men since Obama has relieve and destroyed the careers of good commanding officers in order to put his people in charge. It won’t happen but they should DO SOMETHING NOW instead of “looking into the situation.”

    • Jerry Weiland says

      March 7, 2016 at 5:13 pm

      I couldn’t have said it any better. Most people don’t know he has purged the ranks of the Admirals and Generals about as bad as Stalin did. At least Stalin had a record of accomplishment. We’ll I guess if you were to say putting more people on food stamps, EBT and other welfare and handouts, giving Iran access to billions of dollars, causing health insurace premiums to sky rocket, lowering the average family income and fleecing the taxpayers with failed programs as a record of accomplishment then I guess that’s obama’s record of accomplishment.

  17. Capt. Hook says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:46 am

    Destroy America the great satan is the Muslims greatest desire. Must I say more. Obama says he loves the Quran and the Muslim call to worship is the most wonderful sound. That should answer the question why he doesn’t want all Americans to have guns and ammunition including our special forces. Vote for Trump and stop this destruction of America. Hillary will continue to do more damage to America by continuing Obama’s policies. If your over 20 years old you have to be blind not to see that America is being destroyed by liberals and establishment republicans.

  18. Ed McConnell says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:49 am

    Obama has to go, he is an absolute danger to the Security of this nation. No more Muslim’s in America! The Security risk is to Great.

  19. YourGodSays says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:55 am

    The SEALs are expected to fight the worst, … They deserve the best, … view us on the web.

  20. Awake says

    March 7, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    Americans are a bunch of wussies

    This would not have been acceptable 20-30 years ago.

    Why is this happening??

    Look at the voters ! Bunch of idiots. Voting for Hillary ? Criminal
    Voting for sanders ? Communistic
    Rubio? Obama, Cuban style
    Cruz? Liar liar liar
    Kasich? Puppet. RINO
    Mittens?????? God HELP US!!!

    Trump is the only ONE that actually CARES. Yet—- idiots will choose one of the above.

    Wake up people!!!!

  21. Clint Hall says

    March 7, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    I always look at the bright side. When Isis pays Washington a visit they make house calls and the residents are home.

  22. Gary Kowalewski says

    March 7, 2016 at 12:34 pm

    This Administration is not run by a Commander and Chief. just an ineppeted delusional Pant Load who surrounds himself with others who are just useless bagage and yes people, That have no qualifacations or buessness to hold any of their positions let alone run or should say ruin a once great nation!

  23. Wendy says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:05 pm

    My nephew just finished the Crucible in fall. The guns they were issued had $1500 scopes that went south the first time it rained. All of them. Wonder if quality like that’s got anything to do with the shortage?

  24. John Magurn says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    The guns and ammo are going to the other agencies like HHS, IRS and EPA, agencies that really need them!

  25. patrick says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    This guy is like a seriously wounded horse and he needs to be put down. In his case the wounds are to his courage, intellect and the soul.
    He is useless as tits on a bull and so wrong he is more dangerous to us and the world because he can never get anything right. He is the worst terrorist and he lives in the WH?
    He should be impeached, jailed and punished for his sins against the state. One can only hope he is an abused child and not a corrupt/ devil worshiping muslim.

  26. MOOSE-MAN says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    Far to many of us are asleep, I agree with much of what has been said by you all. However, This might get some “What the Heck is this idiot talking about? I know that anyone who ever looks skyward, on most any day will see the large planes leaving unending trails across our sky. This is a world wide thing. Probably costs in the Billions or more every day. EveryDAY. Ever wonder what the H is going on? NO ONE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. Does this not concern each and every living thing on the Planet? Politics are a real bitch, but Even the worst Failed Presidency in our Countries History, which we will survive, can’t F up the entire Planet……. Or CAN IT? The crap in the sky started
    ? well lets see, about SIX years ago… woops, Might be some connection there??????? Ask around.. Get some answers
    if you can. The- FOLKS-, one of barry’s favorite words, at NOAA are mum on the crap in the sky, who could order them to be SILENT? NOT A PEEP….??????? If we don’t ALL get our collective S together and get back to the Constitution, then we get what we deserve. But what about coming generations.

  27. John Magurn says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:18 pm

    I believe all the guns and ammo have been given to Agencies who really need them like IRS, IRS. and EPA among others!

  28. sheryl hay says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:20 pm

    Obama is an obamanation! I would say he is purposely trying to destroy this nation. He hates Americans and veterans in particular. He sees our military as a threat to his power.Will Americans make the same mistake and elect Hillary Clinton?

    • DLW says

      March 8, 2016 at 12:38 am

      Obama, whose middle name is “HUSAIN”, is the most dangerous CRIMINAL this country has ever experienced. I invite the readers to Google “Secret Combinations” and then you will understand the Washington DC establishment a lot better. HUSAIN Obama must go NOW and Hillary Clinton must NOT be on the election ballot but must be tried as a criminal by and for the American people!

    • Jean Hamann says

      March 17, 2016 at 1:06 pm

      You are exactly right 100%

  29. patrick says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:21 pm

    Nothing better than giving us all sticks and having this AH do his walk of shame down Pennsylvania Ave and experience the gauntlet! Even that is too good for this AH. Does anyone even care about this idiot. put him in GB. He will go down as the democrats most damaging impact on the USA and the world. How does an AH like this even live?

  30. MJL says

    March 7, 2016 at 1:33 pm

    He should be tried for treason and put iin front of a firing sqaud and shot dead

  31. Cyberats says

    March 7, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    A $400mil. increase in budget is viewed as a cutback in rifles ? How does that work again ?
    20K extra rifles with magazines at $1000ea. (taking the high ballpark) is $20mil., where does the rest of the $380mil. go to ???

    • MOOSE MAN says

      March 8, 2016 at 1:01 am

      Oh That $380mil. Goes To the A Holes that dump the POISON on us all, every day from the Planes. Don’t they have kids that they dump that crap on? Or do they get some sort of injection to protect them? Have you heard about all the birds falling out of the sky dead? No, not lately? Well then how about the Fish, and Wales washing up on the beach, also DEAD. Also, not lately…………. Why NOT?…. It’s called…. Don’t bring that S–t up any more!!!!!!!!!!! 1984 has arrived. thanks for the miseries barry!!

  32. Cyberats says

    March 7, 2016 at 2:21 pm

    This is similar to NeoCon Corporate “Bankruptcy”, “Going Out of Business Sale”, “Profit Loss” based on proposed increases not met, only they did not propose the increases and the increase given exceeds the actual need.

  33. jo says

    March 7, 2016 at 2:30 pm

    Not acceptable! obama making seals military share guns. he needs the crap stomped out of him. obama must wake up every morning thinking how he is going to kick americans in the face and make sure it is delivered to the american people openly in our face by news media.

  34. Lorraine E says

    March 7, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Not providing our Best and Bravest soldiers with the weapons they need is NOT penny pinching but rather is intentionally putting them in harms way so that they will be unable to defend themselves and be murdered by their enemies. If I had a son or daughter in this commander in chief’s military, I would tell them to quit until a president is appointed who wants to protect them. Wonder if the three trillion dollars this government lost was ever found. A good question would be: How much money is in the black budget. Another question is: How much money has been spent for the appointed president’s vacations. Or how much money has been wasted on Green projects and pork? Or how much money has been spent for c.i.a. agents to train al qaeda and ISIS?

  35. Dave says

    March 7, 2016 at 4:26 pm

    We keep sending millions to other countries to help them out. This is money we have to borrow from some where else… Any branch of special forces should be able to afford to give their own men, or women their own weapons to take care of. It doesn’t feel the same when you toss back, and forth weapons between each other. It’s almost why are we protecting a broke nation that doesn’t care about us. We have spent a lot of money on ideas in the last seven years that have gone bankrupt. The Republicans were given The House, and The Senate back to keep a handle on things.(they have not done their job) The amount this country has paid for vacations for the first family, could have paid a lot of these things off. If we have to give money to countries that don’t like us, why bother with them. We have our own people that need help, and jobs. What about our own?

  36. Sherylynne says

    March 7, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    Okay, that’s enough! Get out of our White House. Pack up the family. You’ve overstayed your welcome. And, for all of you who don’t vote responsibly, next time STAY THE HELL HOME… November 8, 2016! Ignorance is NOT cool, it’s not funny and it’s not worth a breakfast and a roundtrip bus ride to the polls.One more thing, you fools who said you “got Obama money”…for sure, STAY HOME.

  37. marko carroll says

    March 7, 2016 at 5:31 pm

    why are we putting up with this terrorist.. he should be in front of a firing squad
    where are the balls of our government officials that are supposed to be defending america..
    no common sense… this is bizzare!!!

  38. GRACE KARAUSKY says

    March 7, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    MAKE SURE YOUR SECURITY GUARDS ALSO SHARE THEIR GUNS, IN FACT ONE GUN BETWEEN THEM

  39. Justin W says

    March 7, 2016 at 6:04 pm

    Rifles are relatively inexpensive. If our troops need rifles they should be purchased for them. Maybe the politicians and bean counters who are opposed to purchasing necessary equipment should pull a tour of duty and see how well their cost cutting works when the bullets start flying.

  40. Jerry Johns says

    March 7, 2016 at 6:50 pm

    There is no way that even though liberals (especially Obama) are trying to disarm American security that it will happen. As everybody knows it is a huge disappointment that Obama has made it past 2010.. Also known is that American security depends on or Military being well armed especially because they will probably have to fight our IRS, EPA and many other Government Associations. We also know that Army Rangers are the most elite of all the Military and always handled the missions like the Osama ben Laden raid only they would have not gone in on helicopters, they would have used the to get out of there with their bounty. Maybe when Donald Trump gets in office we will get our Military built back the way it is supposed to be. In another article there was talk about the Koch Brothers who have much less than George Soros who was Obama’s boss but is now backing both Sanders and Clinton just trying to get one in.

  41. great unknown says

    March 7, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    Speculation: Obama wants the most patriotic, best-trained American fighters in this country to be disarmed while they are here so that his options are not restricted. Same reason he got rid of the competent and patriotic members of the general staff, General Mattis, e.g.

    What he may not realize is that if the excrement does hit the rotary air circulator, it wouldn’t take the SEALS and other special forces more than a few minutes to be fully armed again. Probably at the expense of any forces trying to contain them.

  42. Alexander Huff says

    March 7, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    Thirty days after entering the WH OB cancelled the Land Warrior program because OB’s friends needed the money to become billionaires. He demonstrates hatred of America and his hatred of her fighting men every day. He LOVES our enemies but despises our friends. He praises those who do evil while applauds while scorning those who do good I the world. Is his number 666?

  43. Sunny says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:19 pm

    If we could trim Michelle’s vacation budget and Obama’s golf and vacation budget, we’d have a lot of the needed funds.

  44. Rob says

    March 8, 2016 at 2:58 am

    Being a vet myself, I would never leaves these heroes without arms. I would loan either a M4 or the terrorists favorite gun, AK 47 and green top ammo for the m4 to my fellow counter parts. Possibly we need to have a gun drive for them.
    A soldier is defenseless without their rifle and I would never leave a fellow soldier without the ability to shoot the bad guy and protect themselves.

  45. kent and brenda says

    March 8, 2016 at 5:27 am

    O,Commie is Anti-American. When will America Wake Up?

  46. Laurie Evans says

    March 8, 2016 at 9:10 am

    This just shows that Obama has no respect for the U.S. Militaries. He has taken so much from the military budget that our troops are trying to protect us without the supplies they need. Now SHARE GUNS???!!!! I would like to see anyone who supports this atrocity in harms way without a weapon!!! I was an AF wife for 23 yrs. An AF mom for 6 yrs and now an Army Grandma. The thought of my Grandson being deployed without a weapon angers me beyond belief.

  47. Sheila Reeves says

    March 8, 2016 at 1:27 pm

    How many more troupes will be killed because of Obama’s deliberate efforts to sabotage the military men. Two meals a day, not enough military to handle the onslaught of ISIS terrorists, or any terrorists for that attack. The only reason they have survived is they are really good men & women with common sense. Obama needs to be tried for treason.

  48. vincent marcantelli says

    March 12, 2016 at 6:49 pm

    Look, lets STOP all of this lame talk about Obama, what I mean by that is this……Obama, as elected by a group of people who were SOLD a bill of “GOODS” by a “slick” street con man, who is “black” and those who voted for him fell for ALL of his BS, because were the American public was lead to believe that if you didn’t note for this person, you were a card holder of the [KKK] or that you had a secret hate for {ALL BLACK PEOPLE}. Well, we have seen what all of that crap was about, as well as with all of his BIG TALK of “HOPE and WHAT”. But, again, if you all wee not “conned” during the first (4) yrs, then with all of that talk about, “I’ll never vote for Obama”, well……somehow he again was re-elected…..hum, says a lot about all of this big talk as we as a nation slip further back.

    But……when I read, again, all of this LAME talk about an {IMPEACHMENT}, ha, ha, LOL, somewhat late!!!!. And on top of that, if that was such a big deal now, why not back several years ago, when it counted?. Yea, Obama, and the Democrat party again, “stuck it to the GOP, again”. So, for those who want an “IMPEACHMENT”, why, ha,ha, just another sign of “weakness”, beause you and the rest of the country knows that it’s ALL for nothing…….we have gone past the “feel good stage”.

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