Cutting Military Spending Does Not Mean Cutting Defense

By limiting expenditures, U.S. can actually solidify its defense

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This is right on. We started a huge buildup in 1981 that more than dubled the DOD budget in 8 years because of the cold war. We never once cut year-to-year spending when the wall fell. The budget has never been cut, it has always been a play on words, which is they cut the increase to budget.

When looking at the defence budget, we spend much more than what the law maker repersent. They only talk about DOD, but what about the 150 to $200 billon we spend in forin aid so we can have our milliarty fly, port or access, etc... Do you think we spend the billons in aid to Pakistan for anything other that to have access across the borders.

We still have a milatry ready to have a WW2 sea war, a major land war in Europe, a nuk war with the 20+ year dead USSR.

We still maintain about 10,000 nuk war heads, 80+ nuk subs, a navy that when we did have three ongoing wars 's (iraq, Afghanistan, Libia) our Navy aircract carriers were less that 50% out of port or utilized.

So or military engin budget is not about our defense, but about the DOD contractors and industry. We sure would not want any hard ships for the DOD contractors and vendors.

Art of OH 4:29PM January 12, 2012

One would think that if the USA left the Middl East, that they would be so busy worried about their neighbors attacking them that they would forget about the good ole USA.

And, I don't think Israel would mind it at all:

PM Netanyahu to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress

My friends, you don't need to do nation building in Israel. We're already built. You don't need to export democracy to Israel. We've already got it. You don't need to send American troops to defend Israel. We defend ourselves.

We have to direct our energies on our problems. Once we get our house in order, then we will be in better shape to help others in need of our help.

But, I hope that history has shown us that propping up dictators and then having to go to war and remove them is not a productive policy for America. It fails every time and creates more enemies. Lead By example and they will follow.

C4LCNCPLS of NC 10:08PM December 06, 2011

The truth is that the "establishment" is constantly trying to divide us and get us fighting with one another. They

pit the Republicans against the Democrats (even as though control both sides). They pit one race against another.

They pit one gender against another. We are told that the rich are against the poor, the north is against the

south, urban is against rural and that there are even "generational battles" going on. Frustration and hate are

rapidly growing in the United States today, and a lot of that frustration and hate is unfortunately aimed at the

targets that the mainstream media has programmed all of us to hate. Meanwhile, those at the top of the pyramid who

are controlling the whole game love it when we are divided because we can never become united and challenge their

control.

“We don’t need to just change the political parties, we need to change our philosophy about what this country is all

about.”Freedom!! Ron Paul 2012.

patt of TN 7:12AM November 30, 2011

There are sectors that are open to international competition where production can be very competitive, and there are sectors that are not open to any competition, and the production can be very inefficient. The defense is part of that inefficiency. We heard about the $2000 screws, and $500 toilet seats. Those are just two that got wide spread attention. Unfortunately, because of the secrete nature of defense, they are never open to international competition, and that's why we are spending 5 times as much as the Chinese for the same thing. This area needs some competition.

skeptic of TX 12:11AM November 26, 2011

Love it -- what a revolutionary change in thinking!

LouiseP of VA 9:11PM November 21, 2011

DELEGATES DELEGATES DELEGATES! Make sure you vote for the right delegates. In many states the popular vote means NOTHING. The delegates decide everything! NO DELEGATES, NO RON PAUL.....look into the delegate process in your state and consider becoming one....but don't tell the party leaders who you support....

Dave of PA 2:52PM November 21, 2011