Originally Posted by JollyRoger

Our entire defensive establishment needs an overhaul. It just doesn't make simple common sense, for decades we faced a massive Soviet military threat from the Eastern Bloc, comprised of armies of millions of men and tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. Why are we still spending the same amount (or more) to defend against rag-tag bands of fanatics? We could slash the budget in half and still be the strongest nation on earth.