Time flies when you're having fun:In case you missed it, here are two lines from Bush's
press conference yesterday: (on the general topic of transforming the military to meet 21st century needs and if the military is over-extended)
- I will tell you this; that after five years of war, there is a need to make sure that our troops are balanced properly, that threats are met with capability.
- And so this is a time where we've been in theater for -- been in this war against terror for five years, and at the same time, transforming.
Five years of war. Just like that. So ordinary. So commonplace.
posted by Quiddity at 1/27/2006 06:57:00 AM
Since Eisenhower's famous speech waning of the "military/industrial complex", the milatary budget has become sacrosanct. It has become the third rail of American politics ... it is untouchable.
We need to start a dialogue about how drastically the miltary budget should be cut.
