“It’s hard to know (what could have prevented it),” Gray said on CNN. “We’re continuing this investigation. But certainly, as I look at for example sequestration, which is about saving money in the federal government being spent, that we somehow skimped on what would be available for projects like this, and then we put people at risk. Obviously 12 people have paid the ultimate price for whatever — you know, whatever was done to have this man on the base.”
If the sequester had been Obama’s plan, then Darrell Issa would be convening Benghazi-style hearings trying to pin this shooting on stupid across-the-board budget cuts. Since it was the House Republican Caucus’ plan, Gray is a bad American questioning the patriotism of our brave heroes for even mentioning it.
And, while we’re discussing things Issa won’t investigate, here’s another: how the owner of the contracting firm that hired the shooter got so damn rich.
Update: Now the owner of the contracting company, Thomas Hoshko, is blaming the sequester:
Hoshko said he and other contracting firms rely on the military to approve the security clearances of their employees, and fears that budget crunches have led to faster and less thorough checks.
“None of this was made aware to us or to the company,” he said. “If there’s not full disclosure on this, how do they expect us to make good decisions about who to trust and hire.”
Of course, he can’t be trusted because he leases his yacht. Only yacht owners, not yacht moochers and looters, have a right to opine on the sequester.