"John R. Carroll" wrote:

You could easily, for instance, whack $100 billion a year from defense
spending without reducing readiness or otherwise impeding our global
national security posture. That would, however, require the American public
to grow a pair and stop being afraid of their own shadow. That isn't
practical with all of the hype from every possible direction so it will
require that our politicians display a little courage, possibly by falling
on their own swords for the greater good.

Even when DOD tries to cut spending, congress critters put it back in.

Consider the C-130.

http://lobby.la.psu.edu/_107th/092_C...ary_c_130.html


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