Leon Panetta: “You cannot ignore the two-thirds of the budget that are blowing through the ceiling right now.”

But the facts speak for themselves.

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

Something, somebody, somewhere failed to do the proper planning for what had to take place in order to properly support our men and women in uniform.

I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.