I sometimes wonder how politicians can walk at all. Because most often, they’ve got one foot in their mouths while their heads are up their tails.
And perhaps it’s their head’s location that prohibits them from thinking things through before they speak. But more likely it’s simply the constant urge to talk, and talk, and talk, and talk regardless that their blabber makes no sense.
In that regard though, I’ve never seen a political hack more intellectually dense than Harry Reid. He has equals of course, like Pelosi, Boxer, Schumer, the incumbent and such, but nobody’s lower on the IQ pole than he is, for sure.
So I guess it’s no surprise that immediately after the tragic training deaths yesterday, Reid jumped on the issue first chance he got to take political advantage of the horrible event by stating that: "It's just not appropriate, Mr. President, that our military can't train and do the maintenance necessary. These men and women, our Marines, were training there in Hawthorne and with the sequester it's going to cut this stuff back, and I just hope everyone understands sacrifices made by our military, they are significant."
However, as despicable as his employing this situation for political purposes is, he once again began yammering without considering what actually took place.
Because as I interpret his words, what he’s implying is that military leaders will deploy trainees, or troops themselves, whether they’re properly prepared or not. And that means it’s the leaders who will be at fault by sending untrained personnel into situations beyond their abilities, which has nothing whatsoever to do with available funds, it has to do with resource allocation.
Consequently, what Reid likely should have said in trying to make a point beyond his personal acuity was that there will be fewer troops that can be properly trained due to sequestration and budget cuts resulting in a smaller military, not less training funds to be spread across a larger group.
Therefore when it’s all said and done, perhaps Mr. Reid can help himself by considering the point I tried to make today. And since I think that would probably be a good thing, I hope he can find someone to read it to him and explain the big words as well.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
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