{"id":2143,"date":"2013-02-01T13:40:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T18:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2013-02-01T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T18:40:37","slug":"president-obama-must-prepare-for-the-sequester-squeeze-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/president-obama-must-prepare-for-the-sequester-squeeze-play\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama Must Prepare for the Sequester Squeeze Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/huffingtonpost.com\/charles-knight\/president-obama-must-prep_b_2594152.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">\u27aa HTML<\/a> <span class=\"varPubAuthor\">by Charles Knight<\/span>, <span class=\"varPubSource\"><em>Huffington Post<\/em>,<\/span> <span class=\"varPubDate\">01 February 2013.<\/span> <span class=\"varPubSum\">The squeeze play that is now underway will force a disruptive and self-limiting drawdown at the Pentagon that plays nicely to the &#8220;hollowing&#8221; narrative of hawks like McCain. It will be easy to use the &#8220;dire circumstances&#8221; at the Pentagon to make President Obama appear to be an ineffective and irresponsible Commander in Chief. To avoid this Obama must move now to set forth the vision and reasoning for a decisive drawdown which will sustain a top notch military with a lighter and smaller global footprint. That is the best strategy for America&#8230; and the best play for the White House.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u27aa HTML by Charles Knight, Huffington Post, 01 February 2013. 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