I'd like to retract this statement. While I think a slight defense budget cut was certainly in order after all the money Reagan and Bush41 diverted to the military, I think the evidence shows that we lost veteran troops during that time. And, the people paying the price for that are generally Iraqi and British. :( </font>[/QUOTE]I disagree about the cuts to milatry budgets, we need the milatry now more than ever, and if we keep cutting their budget, they will not be trained properly, and will end up losing the war on terroisim

Stormy, I was saying some cuts were in order in the 90's (post-Reagan), but not as many as Clinton made. Now... well, I don't know how we sit militarily now. But, I do know it cost $80 billion to run the Iraq war. Likely we are fine on military vehicles (tanks and planes) but what we need are veteran men to man them.

I'd like to retract this statement. While I think a slight defense budget cut was certainly in order after all the money Reagan and Bush41 diverted to the military, I think the evidence shows that we lost veteran troops during that time. And, the people paying the price for that are generally Iraqi and British. :( </font>[/QUOTE]<font color="#ffccff">
I agree with you about the cut, but lets recall that Reagan and Bush built up the military and strained the soviets to the breaking point, ending the Cold War...I think the investment was worth it....so yeah cuts afterward make sense....but you shouldn't gut the forces.</font>