What Could Austerity America’s Defense Posture Look Like? -- DoD BuzzThe Pentagon is staring at the prospect of as much as $850 billion in budget reductions over the next 10 years and beyond — which, as DoD and service officials keep saying, will require some major strategic recalculations. Even now, we can only imagine what’s in the PowerPoint slide decks rocketing back and forth across the Building as staffs come up with alternatives and scenarios for absorbing those kinds of cuts. The only upside, from DoD’s perspective, is that it sounds as though the White House and Congress are sold on the idea of a grand strategy that lays out how to move forward and where to accept risks.
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My Comment: My prediction .... these cuts are suppose to start in 2013/14. But .... after calls that we need to take care of our soldiers, fears of terrorism/China/Iran/North Korea/etc., national security commitments, etc. .... these cuts will probably not materialize .... in fact .... if the international political scene becomes even more destabilized .... these cuts may end up becoming budget increases.
That's just my opinion.