Cuts For Thee and None for Me

The Republicans are trying to renege on their deal.  There's no other way to look at this; Republicans agreed that if the so-called Super-committee failed to reach a deal, there would be painful cuts to defense.  Now they're trying to renege on that deal.  But they're still perfectly happy to continue with cuts to social programs.

I especially loved this quote:

“If you look at these cuts, it is not just the amount of the dollars that is a concern, but also the arbitrary way the cuts are done,” said Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), whose district includes huge military installations in Hampton Roads. “The worst thing you can do is reach up and pull a figure and say you are going to cut without any strategic review.”

Why not?  They've been pushing cuts for years, if not decades, without thought as to the impact they'd have.