re: #401 KingKenrod

Lot of costs to consider when cutting the military.

What’s the impact on domestic employment?
Does it increase the odds of a limited nuclear exchange?
Does it slow the progress of technology?
Does it weaken the US hand in negotiating treaties?

When I say “cut military spending”, I don’t mean arbitrarily gut it 10-25% overnight. I don’t want the troops we do have to suddenly lose all their equipment. But if we curtail enlistment, over time we can spend the same or more per soldier than we do now, but just have less of them. And no soldier goes into Iraq with shoddy/no body armor, so really its a win-win.