A Serious Crisis Looms - The Next 24 Hours will Determine the Destiny of Our Nation - 1:PM-DEAL REACHED?

Military.com photo (Fair use)

 

BREAKING NEWS: Deal Reached? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/16/235263755/hours-ahead-of-debt-ceiling-congress-scrambles-for-a-deal

A deplorable state of our nation- http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/10/15/troops-next-paycheck-disappears-if-us-defaults.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm 
"The troops will get paid on Tuesday (15 October, 2013), but the check after that could come in the form of an IOU if the nation defaults on its debt obligations, Treasury Department officials said.
Default on top of the government shutdown would cancel out the hastily-crafted legislation that brought back furloughed Defense Department civilian employees and allowed for the payment of back pay, death benefits, incentive pays, re-enlistment bonuses, veterans disability benefits and survivor benefits. All would be eliminated if Congress and the White House fail to reach agreement on raising the debt ceiling to avoid default on Oct. 17, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said last week."

The Imperial Republican Party exposed

Congress and the President has a Constitutional responsibility to pay debt and pensions. Article 14, Section 4 of the United States Constitution: "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

 

The debt ceiling explained in 10 short sentences. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/debt-limit-explained-ten-sentences  "Not much of a choice, is it? That's why it's time for Republicans to stop playing games with the financial equivalent of nuclear weapons and agree to raise the debt limit" - NOW!

 

Bloomberg Reports - "Reneging on its debt obligations would make the U.S. the first major Western government to default since Nazi Germany 80 years ago."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-13/u-s-risks-joining-1933-germany-in-pantheon-of-deadbeat-defaults.html

Government shutdown, military disaster...

                                      U.S. Army photo

For those who think the coming government shutdown is a positive thing, consider our military involved in combat, they will not be paid, the military families will not receive money. Not a positive action with troops in the field. Congress must resolve this en passe immediately.

A military service member involved in combat who has a family will not receive money for their food and necessities, our Congress are imbeciles if they think the military force will not be adversely effected by their inability to make decisions and pass a budget.

The last time this specific situation occurred was during the Regan administration in 1981, I remember it well as I was assigned in Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division. The military forces were not happy and contingency plans were made concerning en masse mutiny. Fortunately the budget was passed and our military families did not go without food.

The military services have emergency relief funds which would last maybe 2 weeks to feed their families and cover cases of extreme hardship in the case of a government shutdown.

If the shutdown occurs, the first active military payday occurs on the 15th of April, the reserve, the retired force and the disabled veterans will receive no pay if the government shutdown continues until the end of the month.

This situation will result in an increased terrorist threat of our nation if the shutdown occurs for more than 2 weeks.

 Service Member families will be adversely affected, this will create serious morale problems within the active force and will be disastrous for military service recruitment.

Army Times story: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/03/military-contingency-plan-government-shutdown-031111w/

Air Force Times story concerning Continuing Resolution to fund Department of Defense: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/04/defense-house-to-fund-pentagon-040511w/

Mistake-U.S. Forces Korea

It seems the Korean Forces Commander, Gen. Bell (1st picture), has recommended that the Korean tour be an accompanied tour. An accompanied tour means family members will travel with Service Members to their assignments. This will also mean a tremendous expense of building housing, schools and other family member support facilities. Currently the Korea tour is a 1 year tour without family members. We are still at war with North Korea, both sides are currently participating in a cease fire. http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49246 Border clashes occur much more often than the public is told, such as this one last year. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292206,00.html Sources inform me there are 2 border incidents per month. The border: http://ah6hy.htohananet.com/korea.html The 2nd picture is that of the "Bridge of No Return." An Army Officer lost his life in this location in the late 1970's, several other soldiers were injured when North Koreans attacked a group of U.S. Military clearing shrubs and trees from the South side of the bridge.

Sending military family members to Korea is a mistake, we are still at war with North Korea, a fact that the U.S Forces Military Commander in Korea seems to have ignored.